I was walking down the road on a particularly grey miserable drizzly day when I spotted a crate of sour cherries. They were a bright, shiny race car red and I could not stop staring at them. I scrolled through the rolodex of recipes in my head thinking what I could make and I thought back to two summers ago to my friend Chiara's birthday. Her aunt made a beautiful cherry pie for her birthday. If you are short on time or out of cherry season, just use store bought sour cherry jam. The pastry feels a bit too wet but don't worry it bakes beautifully.