Unless you’re a professional pastry chef, you probably make just a couple of pies a year — at most. As we head into peak ...

And if you want to, you can add fresh berries into the cream as well. I don’t, but you can experiment and see what you like ...

Shortcrust, puff pastry and their relatives need to be kept cool for best results. This means chilling the ingredients and the utensils before making the pastry, and working on a cool surface ...

Well, if you want to attempt the precarious pastry ... recipe. Sharing her know-how on BBC’s site, the Cordon Bleu-trained chef said: “These decadent pastries filled with praline and cream ...