The Korean pear is a superbly crisp, juicy and sweet variety of pear with very thin skin.

Unusually, unlike other varieties of apple and pear, they tend not to darken when cut. Korean pears, at only around 50 calories per fruit, are a light choice.

Korean pears are what we might call pampered produce – grown purposefully with fewer pears per branch and encased in little jackets while still on the tree to ensure thin, unblemished, perfect skin.

The juicy flesh has a delicious flavour, often compared to a fine balance of sweet apple and pear.

The average weight of one Korean pear is 300g to 450g.