Pear Prosecco Cocktail
This pear cocktail is topped with bubbly prosecco. It's festive when served as an arrival cocktail for Thanksgiving and holiday entertaining, or you can stir up just one drink for a cozy fall or winter night at home.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
For a single cocktail
- 2 ounces pear juice
- 1 ounce orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1 ounce pear brandy or pear liqueur
- 3 ounces Prosecco or more, to top
- Sugar and pear slices for garnish (optional)
For a batch (makes 8)
- 2 cups pear juice
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup pear brandy
- 1 750 ml bottle chilled Prosecco
- Sugar and 8 pear slices for garnish (optional)
Instructions
For a single cocktail
- Stir together pear juice, orange juice, and pear brandy in a chilled glass.
- Top gently with chilled Prosecco, pouring slowly so you don’t lose the bubbles.
- Garnish with a thin pear slice or wedge (optional) and serve.
For a batch (makes 8)
- Combine pear juice, orange juice, and pear brandy in a pitcher or large mixing glass. Chill until ready to serve.
- When ready, divide the mixture into 8 glasses. Top each with prosecco (1 750 ml bottle is perfectly divided).
- Garnish each with a pear slice (optional) and serve.
Notes
For the sugared rim, wet the rim of the glass and dip it into a plate with sugar. Carefully pour and stir the ingredients, as noted, so as not to disturb the sugared edge.