I have been experimenting with making various pies the last few months. Mostly I have been making apple pie however, today I dared to try something new and made a fresh strawberry pie. This pie was delicious! The recipe did call for frozen strawberries but I did add the extra touch and used fresh strawberries. When I bake I like to make everything from scratch therefore, everything in this pie along with everything on this blog was 100% homemade. I did alter the crust on the pie quite a bit for this recipe. For this strawberry pie I stuck with doing a classic woven pie crust. On the other hand, the recipe had a crumble like crust. I will include both recepies for the crust in this post!
I first started with the crust here is the recipe I used for the pie I made!
Crust:
1 1/4 Cup Flour
1/4 Tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Butter (Chilled and Diced)
1/4 Cup Ice Water
1. In a large bowl combine flour, and salt. Next add in the butter, either cutting it into cubes or shredding the butter with a cheese grater. This will make sure that there are no large chunks of butter in the crust.
2. Next add the water. It may not seem like this is enough water but I assure you that this is plenty. Once you have added the water it is time to get dirty. Go in with your hands and combine all the ingredients together. The heat from your hand will slowly melt the butter therefore, this may take a few minutes for the dough to combine.
3. Roll dough into two separate balls and wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge while you create the pie.
Strawberry Pie:
4 Cups Strawberries
1/2 Cup White Sugar
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Tbs Cornstarch
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a cookie sheet or a pan to catch any drippings that may fall from the pie.
2. Clean and hull the strawberries and place them into a bowl and set aside. In a different bowl mix together sugar, flour, and cornstarch. Gently toss mixture over berries being sure to have all the berries coated. Make sure that you do not crush the berries when mixing it together. For this step I personally used my hands to gently toss the berries.
3. Now it is time to take the pie crust dough out of the fridge. Be sure to dust a rolling surface with flour so the dough does not stick. Roll the dough out into desired thickness and fit the 9 inch pie plate. Pinching the edges together to make the circle of the pie. Set aside the left over dough, you will need this later.
4. Take your strawberry mixture and poor into pie shell. Make sure that you evenly distribute the strawberries to ensure a delicious strawberry in each bite. At this point I did a light dusting of white sugar over top the strawberries.
5. Next, to seal the pie with the top crust. You may choose to do the crust which ever way you wish. For this pie I chose to do a weave crust. What ever way you choose to do the pie, make sure it is evenly rolled out with the same thickness throughout.
6. Time to let the oven take over! Put the pie in at 400 for 20 minutes then reduce heat to 375 and cook for an additional 40 minutes.
Here original crust recipe for this pie!
3/4 Cups White Sugar
3/4 Cups Flour
6 Tbs Butter
1 Pinch Ground Nutmeg
1. Combine all ingredients together. Once pie filling has been placed into pie shell cover berries with crumbs and place in the oven.
Note: No matter what crust you choose to top your pie with it will most likely have the same cooking time as well as temperature.
Enjoy Making This Yummy Pie it is Sure to be a Hit
I first started with the crust here is the recipe I used for the pie I made!
Crust:
1 1/4 Cup Flour
1/4 Tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Butter (Chilled and Diced)
1/4 Cup Ice Water
1. In a large bowl combine flour, and salt. Next add in the butter, either cutting it into cubes or shredding the butter with a cheese grater. This will make sure that there are no large chunks of butter in the crust.
2. Next add the water. It may not seem like this is enough water but I assure you that this is plenty. Once you have added the water it is time to get dirty. Go in with your hands and combine all the ingredients together. The heat from your hand will slowly melt the butter therefore, this may take a few minutes for the dough to combine.
3. Roll dough into two separate balls and wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge while you create the pie.
Strawberry Pie:
4 Cups Strawberries
1/2 Cup White Sugar
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Tbs Cornstarch
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a cookie sheet or a pan to catch any drippings that may fall from the pie.
2. Clean and hull the strawberries and place them into a bowl and set aside. In a different bowl mix together sugar, flour, and cornstarch. Gently toss mixture over berries being sure to have all the berries coated. Make sure that you do not crush the berries when mixing it together. For this step I personally used my hands to gently toss the berries.
3. Now it is time to take the pie crust dough out of the fridge. Be sure to dust a rolling surface with flour so the dough does not stick. Roll the dough out into desired thickness and fit the 9 inch pie plate. Pinching the edges together to make the circle of the pie. Set aside the left over dough, you will need this later.
4. Take your strawberry mixture and poor into pie shell. Make sure that you evenly distribute the strawberries to ensure a delicious strawberry in each bite. At this point I did a light dusting of white sugar over top the strawberries.
5. Next, to seal the pie with the top crust. You may choose to do the crust which ever way you wish. For this pie I chose to do a weave crust. What ever way you choose to do the pie, make sure it is evenly rolled out with the same thickness throughout.
6. Time to let the oven take over! Put the pie in at 400 for 20 minutes then reduce heat to 375 and cook for an additional 40 minutes.
Here original crust recipe for this pie!
3/4 Cups White Sugar
3/4 Cups Flour
6 Tbs Butter
1 Pinch Ground Nutmeg
1. Combine all ingredients together. Once pie filling has been placed into pie shell cover berries with crumbs and place in the oven.
Note: No matter what crust you choose to top your pie with it will most likely have the same cooking time as well as temperature.
Enjoy Making This Yummy Pie it is Sure to be a Hit
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