The winners have been announced for this year’s USA Pear drink recipe contest in Hong Kong, and the results are refreshing! The amateur mixologists are challenged to create an original, non-alcoholic drink recipe featuring USA Pears, for a chance to win gift cards to their supermarket of choice.
For more USA Pear drink recipes, have a look at the winners from last year’s contest in Hong Kong, as well as the beverage recipe page on usapears.org. You can also check out our pear-fect pear cocktails.
Here’s the recipe for this year’s winner for “Most Delicious Anjou Pear Drink.”
Winning drink: “Fanaticism Anjou”
Ingredients
½ of one Green or Red Anjou pear
2 slices ginger
100ml wheat grass juice
Ice
Cold water
Directions
1) Peel, core, and slice the Anjou pears and ginger into small pieces
2) Mix ginger and water in a blender to slushy consistency, then strain.
3) Return the liquid strained from the ginger and water mixture to the blender; add Anjou pear, wheat grass juice, and ice. Blend.
4) Stir and pour. Serve and enjoy!