Fig + Flower Recipe

Name: Barrio Tacos Lakewoods Fig + Flower Recipe
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 0.5 each ripe pear (peeled, cored, chopped); 0.5 oz fresh lime juice; 0.5 oz fig syrup (see note or use store-bought); 3 oz elderflower tonic (Fever-Tree or similar); 6 cubes ice (for shaking and serving); 1 each lime wheel or wedge; 1 each thin fresh pear slice; 0.5 each dried or fresh fig (optional, for garnish); 2 tsp granulated sugar; 1 tsp fine ground crystallized ginger (or powdered ginger); 0.5 tsp lime juice (for wetting glass); 4 each dried or fresh figs (stemmed, halved if large); 0.5 cup water; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 0.5 tsp fresh lemon juice (to balance)

Inspired by Barrio Tacos Lakewood

Time20m

Serves1

pear, fig syrup, lime, fever tree elderflower tonic, ginger-sugar rim

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

1/2 each ripe pear (peeled, cored, chopped)

1/2 oz Fresh lime juice

1/2 oz fig syrup (see note or use store-bought)

3 oz elderflower tonic (Fever-Tree or similar)

6 cubes ice (for shaking and serving)

Garnish & Finish

1 each lime wheel or wedge

1 each thin fresh pear slice

1/2 each dried or fresh fig (optional, for garnish)

Ginger-Sugar Rim

2 tsp granulated sugar

1 tsp fine ground crystallized ginger (or powdered ginger)

1/2 tsp lime juice (for wetting glass)

Fig Syrup (if making homemade)

4 each dried or fresh figs (stemmed, halved if large)

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice (to balance)

Method

Ginger-Sugar Rim

Combine the sugar and ground ginger on a small plate and mix evenly.

Moisten the rim of a chilled coupe or Collins glass with 1/2 tsp lime juice, then dip the rim into the ginger-sugar, pressing lightly so the mixture adheres. Set the glass aside.

Fig Syrup (homemade option)

Make Fig Syrup

Place figs, 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat, mashing figs lightly with a spoon. Simmer for 8–10 minutes until figs are softened and sugar is dissolved.

Remove from heat, stir in 1/2 tsp lemon juice, and let cool for 10 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a jar, pressing solids to extract syrup. Cool completely before using. Refrigerate unused syrup for up to 2 weeks.

Cocktail Assembly

In a cocktail shaker, place the 1/2 chopped pear and muddle until mostly puréed but with a bit of texture (about 20–30 seconds).

Add the fresh lime juice (1/2 oz), fig syrup (1/2 oz), and a large handful of ice (about 4–6 cubes).

Shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds to chill and slightly dilute the mixture.

Double-strain the shaken mixture into the prepared ginger-sugar rimmed glass (use a fine mesh strainer over the shaker strainer) to remove pear solids.

Top gently with 3 oz elderflower tonic poured over the back of a spoon to preserve effervescence and create a light float.

Garnish with a thin pear slice and a lime wheel on the rim; optionally float half a small dried or fresh fig on top.