We have a proliferation of gift fruit baskets lately. Aside from the expected apples, oranges, grapes, bananas and mangoes there are a lot of these crisp, crunchy, juicy apple pears. Great in a fruit salad or on their own.

Properly called nashi pears, these are not a cross between apples and pears but are actually part of the pear family. Called commonly apple pears cos of their shape.