11124 10 minutes 10 minutes 1 drink Wed Oct 03 09:50:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 11:53:17 -0700 2007 CHOW http://www.chow.com/recipes/11124 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:53:17 GMT Tasty pears and farmers' market ingredients This combo of pears and farmers' market ingredients was a Square Off competition cocktail. This was a final competition cocktail in the CHOW Cocktail Square Off, a cocktail recipe contest copresented with Square One® Organic Vodka and Om Organics.

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Muddle lavender and vanilla with pears, add vodka and Cointreau, and shake with ice. Strain into a caramelized-sugar-rimmed martini glass.

To garnish the rim, heat natural cane sugar in a small saucepan (do not use a nonstick pan) over low heat. Add a split vanilla bean if you like. When the sugar has browned, let it cool slightly and dip the martini glass in the pan to coat the rim. Note: If the glass is chilled before coating, it may break.

]]> http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/10/square_off_duet_pear_290x210.jpg Abigail Gullo 41 Drink 232 1/2 teaspoon lavender, ground with a mortar and pestle

]]> 292 Seeds from 1/2 vanilla bean pod

]]> 16 1 ounce Marshall pear, juiced or muddled

]]> 16 1 ounce puréed Prickly pear

]]> 2 ounces Square One® Organic Vodka**

]]> 1/2 ounce Cointreau

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]]> 298 Caramelized sugar, for garnish

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