For the glaze, mix the egg yolk, salt and water together and brush the mixture over each rascal. Decorate with the almonds and glacé cherries and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Fish and chips is popular, and if you’re lucky you’ll get a bag of scraps too – bits of batter that have fallen off the fish in the deep-fat fryer, more popular in the north than south of ...