The Spiced Pear Fizz

• 1 1/2 ounces Harvest Spirits Hudson Valley Pear Brandy or other dry, eau-de-vie-style Poire William
• 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 ounce spicy simple syrup (see recipe).

1. Combine the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, shake and strain into a Champagne flute, filling it roughly halfway.
2. Top up slowly with a good-quality prosecco or a nonvintage brut Champagne.
3. Garnish with two thin pear slices or a long, thin twist of lemon peel.

brandy, lemon juice, simple syrup

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015329 (may not work)