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Recipe ArchiveWeek 07 of 8 · Silent Night

Snowfall

Pear and elderflower under a slow drift of edible glitter. It keeps snowing all the way to the table.

gin, pear, elderflower, soda top · served highball · No. 21 of 24, season 2026

Snowfall gin, pear and elderflower cocktail with edible glitter snowfall on top and a frozen pear ice cube

Method

  1. 01

    Build gin, pear and elderflower over the pear ice cube.

  2. 02

    Top with soda water.

  3. 03

    Dust edible glitter across the surface at the pass.

Garnish

Edible glitter “snowfall” on top with a frozen pear ice cube.

Also on Week 07 · Silent Night · opens December 14

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