The Duet of Pears-tini Recipe

• 1/2 teaspoon lavender, ground with a mortar and pestle
• Seeds from 1/2 vanilla bean pod
• 1 ounce Marshall pear, juiced or muddled
• 1 ounce pureed Prickly pear
• 2 ounces Square One Organic Vodka
• 1/2 ounce Cointreau
• Ice
• Caramelized sugar, for garnish

1. Muddle lavender and vanilla with pears, add vodka and Cointreau, and shake with ice.
2. Strain into a caramelized-sugar-rimmed martini glass.
3. To garnish the rim, heat natural cane sugar in a small saucepan (do not use a nonstick pan) over low heat.
4. Add a split vanilla bean if you like.
5. When the sugar has browned, let it cool slightly and dip the martini glass in the pan to coat the rim.
6. Note: If the glass is chilled before coating, it may break.

lavender, vanilla bean, pear, pear, vodka, sugar

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/the-duet-of-pears-tini-11124 (may not work)