Homemade Strawberry Pie

Strawberry Pie

The PBF Way

With strawberry season starting off we thought we would try something new this year and made our first homemade strawberry pie. Everything in the pie was made from scratch except for the crust. The next tie we make the pie we will probably make our own crust! 

Recipe for pie:

• 4-5 cups of strawberries
• Strawberry Glaze
• Pie crust
• Whip Cream

Recipe for Strawberry Glaze:

• 1 3/4 cups of water
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of corn starch
• 1/4 cup of strawberry jello powder (optional-used for coloring)

Recipe for Whip Cream:

• 2 cups of heavy whipping cream
• 7-8 tablespoons of powered sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Making the Pie:

First we picked all the ripe strawberries that we had in the patch this morning. After they were all picked we washed them and cut off all tops.

Secondly we made the strawberry glaze for the pie filling which consisted of water, sugar, corn starch, and strawberry jello powder.

Steps to make glaze and filling:

1. Mix water, sugar, and corn starch in a larger sauce pan and bring to a boil.

2. Once the mixture is at boiling point, mix in the strawberries you cut up earlier and reduce heat to low. Allow this to simmer for 8-10 minutes.

3. After 8-10 minutes remove the pan from the heat and now add in your strawberry jello powder.  You don't need to add a lot just enough to give the glaze a red color. 

4. Now allow your strawberries and glaze to cool and set. This took about an hour in the fridge until our crust was done and cool.

Once your filling is made now is a good time to bake your pie crust in the oven. Ours took 10-15 minutes and then we let it cool for an hour. Both the crust and filling need to be cool before you put the filling into the pie crust. 

Once everything was cool we put the filling in the crust and put the pie back in the fridge to completely set and we were ready to serve it.

Steps for making homemade Whip Cream:

1. Pour 2 cups of heavy whipping cream into a metal bowl and whisk until the cream is almost stiff.

2. Next add in your powered sugar and vanilla.

3. Mix your mixture until the whip cream can hold its peak, once you reach this point it is ready to go in the fridge until your ready to serve your pie.

 Now that everything is made you can either put a layer of whip cream on the pie or you can wait and just scoop it onto the pie when you are serving it.

ENJOY!