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Ingredients: ¼ fresh pear, peeled, seeded and cubed; 2 wedges lemon; ½ oz maple syrup; 2½ oz gin; Cinnamon stick (optional)

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Maple syrup in a gin drink sounds like a reach, and then the pear settles it. Muddle the fruit until it's properly wrecked — it's doing the body as well as the sweetening — then double-strain, or you're chewing. The cinnamon stick is optional, and I've never left it off.

Ingredients

¼fresh pear, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 wedgeslemon
½ ozmaple syrup
2½ ozgin

Garnish

Cinnamon stick (optional)

Method

In a shaker, muddle all ingredients except the gin. Add the gin and fill with ice, and shake until well-chilled. Double-strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.