Strawberry Pie with Whipped Topping
photo by JenniferH
- Ready In:
- 47mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 (10 inch) pie crusts
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 2 1⁄2 pints strawberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup well-chilled heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon icing sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Roll out dough 1/8 inch thick on a lightly-floured surface; fit it into a 10 inch glass pie plate, crimping edge decoratively.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Prick pastry lightly with a fork, line with foil and weight with dry beans or pie weights.
- Preheat oven to 375F and bake crust for 10 minutes, remove beans and foil, sprinkle bottom with almonds, and bake 10-12 minutes more, or until almonds are golden.
- Let cool.
- Hull and slice 1 pint of the strawberries and in a saucepan, combine them with ¼ cup water and sugar.
- Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and simmer 3 minutes.
- In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and ¾ cup water, add to cooked strawberries and bring to a boil.
- Simmer, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until thickened, and stir in lemon juice.
- Hull remaining 1 ½ pints strawberries, arrange in pie shell, and pour cooked strawberry mixture over.
- Chill pie for 3-4 hours or until set.
- In a chilled bowl, beat cream, vanilla extract and icing sugar until it holds soft peaks and serve with pie.
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I chose this recipe for Pick a Chef '06 and this couldn't have came along at a better time. Strawberries are in abundance here in North Carolina and this pie was perfect. I also used a graham cracker crust and the pie was wonderful. Thanks for sharing a great recipe that I will be preparing again very soon.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.