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French Strawberry Pie




Source of Recipe


Cook's Exchange


Recipe Introduction


Half of the berries are mashed and cooked to thicken, then folded into whole berries and poured into the pie shell.


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List of Ingredients




4 cups fresh strawberries

3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 tablespoon butter or oleo
1 tablespoon sifted powdered sugar
1 9-inch pie shell, baked





Recipe



Place berries in colander and rinse with running cold water. Drain and remove green tops and stems. Take 1-1/2 cups of berries and mash with potato masher.

Combine sugar and cornstarch. Add crushed berries and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Continue cooking and stirring over low heat 2 minutes. The mixture will be thickened and translucent.
Remove from heat and stir in butter or oleo and cool. Reserve 6 whole berries for garnish and cut remaining berries in half. Place them in the pie shell. Pour cooked mixture over berries and chill 2 hours. Serve topped with lightly sweetened cream. Garnish with whole berries.