Tarte aux Cerises

I think the cherry makes the most beautiful of fresh-fruit tarts, although of course you can use whatever fruit appeals to you according to the season. For me, though, the cherry is the perfect fruit, and there are so many different species to choose from at various times of year: the fat black morello cherry, the bright-red cherries of early summer, the musky-flavoured yellow ones of autumn or the sour-sweet griottes that make such excellent liqueur.