Pear me out: Four ways to make mouth-watering spring delights with fruits

Ap-pear-ances can be deceptive but pears never are! An unpopular fruit in the apple family, the pear is just as juicy, sweet and delicious and can be devoured in more ways than just consuming the raw fruit. They also come in many varieties such as Brown Bosc pears that are sweet but firm for baking and green Anjou pears which are better for eating raw.

However, no matter which type of pear it is, it can be sliced into salads, roasted with veggies, paired with flavourful blue cheese on a toast, and of course, be baked into your favourite desserts: pies, crumbles, cakes, and more.

You can do anything to pears and they would still taste amazing, but making Cinnamon Baked Pears is probably the tastiest of them all. Pears are already soft and so baking them in cinnamon and maple syrup produce this dreamy, even softer, caramelised version of them. And the cherry on top is how easy they are to make. All you have to do is cut, core, sprinkle with cinnamon, drizzle with maple syrup, and then bake. You don’t even have to feel guilty enjoying this since they’re pretty healthy. When in mood, top them with granola for some crunch or a scoop of ice cream.