Old-fashioned strawberry pie
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | quart | Strawberries |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Cornstarch |
| 2 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
| ¼ | cup | Water |
| Whipping cream | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Powdered sugar |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1 | (9-inch) pie crust; baked | |
Directions
Hull and clean berries. Place in a casserole; sprinkle sugar and water.
Cover and refrigerate overnight. In saucepan, combine juice from berries and cornstarch. Mix well; bring to a slow boil, stirring until mixture thickens. Remove from fire, cool; pour over berries. Pour berry mixture into a pie shell. Refrigerate about 3 hours. Beat whipping cream stiff; add powdered sugar, vanilla and nutmeg. Chill for 3 hours. Spoon over pie when ready to serve -- use a lavish hand.
REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT
From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .