Vanilla cherry pie - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 800g cherries (unpitted weight), halved and pitted
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 140g cherry jam or conserve
• 75g white caster sugar, or vanilla sugar if you can find it
• 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
• 25g slightly salted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
• crème fraîche, cream or ice cream, to serve
• 225g cold slightly salted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
• 400g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 75g white caster sugar or vanilla sugar, plus 1 tbsp
• 2 medium egg yolks (save the whites to glaze)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste