Dessert

Cardamom-Spiced Baked Pears

Name: Cardamom-Spiced Baked Pears
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 firm pears, halved and cored; 30 ml unrefined honey; 4 green cardamom pods, crushed; 1 g saffron threads, steeped in 2 tbsp warm water; 40 g pistachios, crushed

Baked with unrefined honey, crushed pistachios and a touch of saffron.

35 min 4 servings 49 kcal per serving

Ingredients

4firm pears, halved and cored
30 mlunrefined honey
4green cardamom pods, crushed
1 gsaffron threads, steeped in 2 tbsp warm water
40 gpistachios, crushed

Method

01
Heat the oven to 180°C / 355°F and lay the pear halves cut-side up in a shallow dish.
02
Spoon over the saffron water and honey, then tuck the crushed cardamom around them.
03
Bake 25–30 minutes, basting twice, until the pears are burnished and tender at the core.
04
Scatter pistachios over the last 5 minutes so they toast without darkening.
05
Serve warm with the syrup from the dish spooned over.

Why this dish works

Cardamom-Spiced Baked Pears is built for 4 servings and lands at roughly 49 kcal per plate, with 3g protein, 34g carbohydrate and 6g fat across the recipe. It comes together in about 35 minutes using 5 whole-food ingredients — led by firm pears, halved and cored, unrefined honey, green cardamom pods, crushed — so nothing here relies on packaged sauces, refined sugar or ultra-processed shortcuts. That balance is what keeps it a realistic weeknight option rather than a weekend project.

The dessert sits inside our collection and carries the Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Anti-Inflammatory, Blood Pressure tags, so it slots straight into the Smart Recipe Finder when you filter by dietary focus or allergens. Scale the portions in the recipe drawer and the ingredient quantities and macros recalculate together; sync it to your shopping list and the pantry tracker subtracts what you already own before the list is generated.

Cooking and storing it well

Read the method through once before you start — the 5 steps are written in the order a working kitchen would run them, with prep that can overlap grouped together. Hands-free cook mode reads each step aloud and runs the timers, so your phone can stay on the counter. Season at the end rather than the beginning: salt, acid and good olive oil do more for the finished plate when they are adjusted against the cooked dish. Leftovers keep well chilled for two to three days in a sealed container; bring anything dressed or herb-heavy back to room temperature before serving so the aromatics come forward again.

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