Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fresh Strawberry Pie

Can you tell I’m in a strawberry mood? First the ice cream, now this. It’s just too tempting. Every time I go to the grocery, there they are – calling my name. It’s hard not to notice the strawberries on steroids. I mean, they are HUGE. Do you notice how much bigger the fruit is now days? Yesterday my friend Erin was eating an apricot the size of a small orange! Anyway. I keep buying berries, and tell myself – it’s time to make jam…but I never get around to it. Last night, I remembered I had a tart shell I made a while back, now frozen, waiting to be filled and eaten. I pulled it out, baked it and looked for recipes for Fresh Strawberry Pie.  Recipe after recipe listed either “Danish Dessert” (icky, congealed, bright red, artificially filled gluey stuff) a substance you mix up and dump over the strawberries, or Jello as a main ingredient. I wanted the STRAWBERRIES to be the main ingredient. After a little experimenting, I came up with this deliciously fresh and very simple recipe. Did you know strawberries have long been associated with LOVE? It’s true. My Simple Math:
Homemade Fresh Strawberry Pie + Your family= Love.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

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Author: Si Foster
A Bountiful Kitchen

Ingredients 

  • 1- 8 inch baked and cooled pie or tart crust
  • 1 ½ – quarts strawberries, washed and hulled, divided
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
  • red food coloring, optional
  • Whipping cream

Instructions

  • Mash about ½ to 1 cup of the strawberries in a small saucepan. Add the sugar and strawberry jam. Stir to dissolve. Whisk in cornstarch, and cook over medium heat until bubbly and mixture begins to thicken, about 10 minutes. 
  • Add about 5-8 drops of red food coloring, stir. Set aside to cool. 
  • Cut the remaining strawberries in half and place in large bowl. After the sugared mixture is cooled, pour over the fresh strawberries, and mix gently. 
  • Pour all of the strawberries into the pie shell. Refrigerate for about 2-3 hours. Top with whipping cream

Notes

-Use the freshest strawberries you can find, without bruises or discoloration.
-Serve pie with in about 6 hours of assembling if possible. -You may use either a single pie crust or a tart shell.
-Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. -Don’t forget the whipped cream. Seriously essential.

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