Hearing that lavender is the popular new culinary trend, I set out to create a new cocktail that would put me on the blogging world map.

It took lots of painstaking cocktail sampling, but I finally found the combination that was just right!  Whew!  The labors of a blogger…!  🙂

I love the combination of lavender and pear, but when added to vodka it seemed slightly bland.  But when I added it to tequila…deeelish!  I scraped the seeds of a vanilla bean to bring out the complexities in the lavender and it turned into quite the delightful drink.

So, tell the fancy bartender at your favorite restaurant that he should visit Whatsfordinnergena.com and check out my latest cocktail! 🙂  A Lavender Vanilla Pear Margarita.

It would also make your mother or wife feel quite pampered on Mother’s Day if you whipped up one of these special drinks!  Even though it sounds fancy, it is actually quite simple!  Enjoy!!

Happy Happy Hour!  ~ Gena

Ingredients:
Serves 2

• 3 oz pure agave tequila
• 2 T lavender simple syrup
• seeds scraped from 1/2″ segment of vanilla bean  (See picture-just enough to cover the tip of a knife)
• 10 oz. pear juice
• 1 oz Cointreau
• pear slices for garnish, if desired

 

Directions:

• Fill two 12 oz glasses with ice.
• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.  Shake for 30 seconds.
• Pour over ice.
• Garnish with a pear slice.

Enjoy!!