Poached Pear Cocktail

Name: Poached Pear Cocktail
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Siri , 48 Record Bar , Philadelphia

Photo: Gab Bonghi

December 01, 2025

A classic French dessert reimagined as a cocktail.

It turns out the flavors of a classic French dessert, the red wine poached pear, work beautifully as a fall/winter cocktail. “Cooler weather naturally brings these flavors to the forefront: fuller red wines, baking spices, and pome fruits — evoking the true feeling of the season in each sip,” says Siri, lead bartender of Philadelphia’s 48 Record Bar. Instead of simply floating his Poached Pear cocktail with red wine a la a New York Sour, he makes a spiced syrup with red wine to imbue it with those baking spices. The result is a cocktail that’s dessert-like but not too sweet.

Ingredients

1 3/4 oz. reposado tequila
1 1/4 oz. fresh lime juice
3/4 oz. agave nectar
3/4 oz. pear liqueur
1/4-1/2 oz. spiced wine syrup

Tools:shaker, strainer
Glass:large rocks

Preparation

Combine all of the ingredients except for the spiced wine syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake until the shaker is cold and frosty, about 10-15 seconds. Strain into a large rocks glass with fresh ice. Add the spiced wine syrup by sinking it to the bottom of the glass.
Spiced Wine SyrupCombine 1 1/2 cups of red wine, 3/4 cups of brown sugar, 2 cinnamon sticks, and 1 1/2 tsp. of whole cloves in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Let the mixture simmer for about 5-10 minutes or until the alcohol smell is gone—to reduce and cook off the alcohol. Let the mixture cool before use or storing. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Keep for about 2 weeks.