You won't believe how easy these puff pastry desserts are! Topped with strawberries, covered in chocolate or rolled with nuts ...

Impress the chocoholic in your life with chocolate shortcrust pastry filled with a rich chocolate ... When the dough just sticks together in clumps, form it into a ball. Knead it very lightly ...

The combination of prunes, chocolate and brandy ... When the dough begins to stick together, use your hands to gently knead it into a ball. Wrap the pastry in cling film and put in the fridge ...

Lisa Faulkner cooks up a lamb shank pie and a chocolate pavlova ... making a cross cut where the bone of the shank sticks up. Gently ease the pastry down around the bone so that it sticks through ...