Strawberry Pie Recipe

 

Today we've made a yummy Strawberry Pie using one of the recipes found on Pinterest. It is really good, but I think we'll try to use less strawberries and more cornstarch - just experiment!

 

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups flour
12 tbsp. unsalted butter
1½ tsp. salt
1kg strawberries, halved (but we just looked and compared to the size of the pan)
½ cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar
½ cup cornstarch
2 tbsp. orange juice
1 tbsp. orange zest
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped/tsp. vanilla sugar
2 tbsp. heavy cream

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Pulse flour, butter, and 1 tsp. salt in a food processor until pea-size pieces form. Add ½ cup ice-cold water; pulse until dough forms. Form into a ball; halve and form into two disks. Wrap; chill for 1 hour.

2. Heat oven to 220°C. In a bowl, toss together remaining salt, berries, ½ cup sugar, cornstarch, juice, zest, and vanilla; set filling aside. Unwrap dough; roll both into circles. Transfer one circle to a deep-dish pie pan; mound filling inside. Cut strips of dough from remaining circle; transfer to top of pie, creating a lattice pattern. Trim and crimp edges. Brush dough with cream and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until golden and bubbling, about 1 hour. (If crust begins to brown before pie is finished baking, cover with foil until pie is done). Let cool.