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THE MODERN OLD-FASHIONED

(From The Modern in New York)

2 oz bourbon
1½ oz Poire William (pear eau-de-vie)
½ oz simple syrup
a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
dash Angostura bitters
5 slices of firm, ripe pear
4 dried cherries

Soak the cherries in 1/2 oz of the Poire William to plump them up. Put three of the cherries on a cocktail skewer and set aside. Muddle four slices of pear, one cherry, and the splash of lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, bourbon, eau-de-vie, simple syrup and bitters. Shake and strain into an Old-Fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with the skewered cherries and the last slice of pear. Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?

I will have to report back soon on my experiments.