La Perla

Name: La Perla
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 35 ml Reposado Tequila; 35 ml Manzanilla or Fino Sherry; 20 ml Pear Liqueur (Poire Williams); Pear Slice or Lemon Twist

Created by Jacques Bezuidenhout in San Francisco in the mid-2000s.

Ingredients

Reposado Tequila35 ml

Manzanilla or Fino Sherry35 ml

Pear Liqueur (Poire Williams)20 ml

Pear Slice or Lemon Twist

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Combine the reposado tequila, fino or manzanilla sherry and pear liqueur in a mixing glass.
3
Add ice and stir for 25 seconds until well chilled.
4
Strain into the chilled coupe.
5
Garnish with a thin slice of pear or a lemon twist.

From the Bartender

Created by Jacques Bezuidenhout in San Francisco in the mid-2000s. Manzanilla is the sherry to use if you can find it; its coastal salinity is what makes the drink, and it must be a freshly opened bottle kept in the fridge.

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