White Chocolate Strawberry Pie

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"Drizzled with white chocolate, fresh strawberries top a creamy vanilla pie, oh my!"

photo by Dreamgoddess

ingredients

Crust
1 pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box (from 15-oz box)
Filling
1 ²⁄₃ cups milk
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
1 (3 1/2 ounce) box vanilla pudding mix (NOT INSTANT)
³⁄₄ cup white vanilla baking chips
1 cup whipping cream
Topping
1 quart fresh strawberries
3 tablespoons white vanilla baking chips
2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Heat oven to 450°F Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using 9-inch glass pie pan. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool.
Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, mix milk and gelatin; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in pudding mix. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Add 3/4 cup vanilla chips to pudding mixture; stir occasionally until melted. Place plastic wrap over surface of pudding; refrigerate 1 hour to cool.
In small bowl with electric mixer, beat whipping cream on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of whipped cream into cooled pudding mixture. Fold in remaining whipping cream. Spoon pudding mixture into cooled baked pie shell, spreading evenly.
Twist stems of strawberries to remove or use tip of sharp knife, being careful not to cut berries. Place strawberries, pointed ends up, on filling, gently pressing about 1/4 of each berry into filling.
In 1-quart saucepan, heat 3 tablespoons vanilla chips and oil over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Drizzle over strawberries. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until serving time. Store in refrigerator.

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Soooo tasty :) I made my own prebaked pie crust for this, and substituted glazed cherries (1 can bing cherries with the juice, 2 tsp almond extract, 1 tbsp cornstarch simmered) on top for the strawberries since my hubby doesn't like the freckle fruit too much. I also forgot to add the oil to the melted white chocolate and just tempered some chopped up girardelli white chocolate before making a mess of it by flinging it over the pie. It made really pretty thin strings of chocolate over the top, but made a mess of my kitchen at the same time. lol. I'll definitely make this again if I'm ever trying to impress.

kaze_no_sennyo
I made this for a Valentine's dinner party tonight and it was a huge hit. Sinfully rich and absolutely delicious.

Dreamgoddess
To die for. Rich, luxurious, great to make in the summer because no baking. Just wonderful. Thanks for a super recipe.

conniecooks

Soooo tasty :) I made my own prebaked pie crust for this, and substituted glazed cherries (1 can bing cherries with the juice, 2 tsp almond extract, 1 tbsp cornstarch simmered) on top for the strawberries since my hubby doesn't like the freckle fruit too much. I also forgot to add the oil to the melted white chocolate and just tempered some chopped up girardelli white chocolate before making a mess of it by flinging it over the pie. It made really pretty thin strings of chocolate over the top, but made a mess of my kitchen at the same time. lol. I'll definitely make this again if I'm ever trying to impress.

kaze_no_sennyo