Asian Pear Cocktail

• 2 Asian pears peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
• 1 cup shochu or sake
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Large ice cubes
• 4 green shiso (perilla) leaves

1. Put the pear, shochu and lemon juice in a blender and puree until smooth.
2. Pass the pear puree through a very fine mesh sieve (or a regular sieve lined with cheesecloth).
3. Press on the solids to get as much juice out as possible.
4. Fill 4 glasses with large ice cubes and put a shiso leaf in each glass.
5. Use a blunt object to pound the ice and shiso to release its flavors.
6. Divide the pear mixture between the 4 glasses and serve.

asian pears, shochu, lemon juice, cubes, green shiso

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/asian-pear-cocktail-recipe.html (may not work)