Sometimes, even on a weeknight, you really crave a little dessert. But making dessert takes time, and you already are spending time cooking up the main event, namely dinner.

That’s where this recipe comes to the rescue. It’s a quick, easy and delicious pear crisp that calls for just five ingredients – pears, granola, lemon juice, apricot jam and a pinch of salt.

Pears are just now at the tail-end of their season. Yes, I know we can find pears all year these days. But believe me, those specimens are going to be nowhere near as electrifying as a fully-ripened in-season local pear. The problem is the relative rareness of such pears.