Of all the fruit-filled desserts in the world, turnovers are one of the absolute best — after all, they are quite literally little pockets of goodness. You can incorporate just about any fruit ...

Throughout the TATB series, she made treats for Kitty’s bake sale, John Ambrose’s favorite peanut butter chocolate cupcakes, and cherry turnovers for her first Valentine’s Day with Peter.

Cook up a simple cherry filling (with added brandy, honey and orange zest), and using readymade pastry you can assemble a delicious and rather impressive dessert. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

I usually make these turnovers with homemade rough-puff pastry (also called blitz pastry) because it tastes better, but I won't blame you if you use commercial puff pastry. It's worth seeking out ...

Roll out one sheet of puff pastry ... Fold over pastry to form a triangle, and crimp along two open sides of the pastry with the tines of a folk. Repeat with remaining turnovers.