Glacé cherries have an affinity with almonds, lemons, chocolate, butter and richly spiced dried fruits. Almond-flavoured maraschino cherry stones are used to make kirsch and Maraschino liqueur.

Put some tart into your pie with dried sour cherries. The combination of apples, dried cherries and cubes of sweet marzipan is irresistible. Equipment and preparation: you will need a 23cm/9in ...