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Strawberry Season

Strawberry season in Vermont, like all its season except winter, is short but but very sweet.

This is an old recipe.  I was happy to come across it at just the right time.

Strawberry Pie

Clean and half about a quart of fresh strawberries.

Have a single pie shell ready --a regular baked shell or a cookie crumb crust is good too, depending on your sweet tooth,

Mix together in a cooking pan:
  1. 1 1/2 cup sugar*
  2. 1/4 cup cornstarch
  3. a 3 oz. package of strawberry jello
  4. 1 1/2 cup water
Cook over medium high heat and stir constantly until the mixture turns from a milky red to a clear red.

Allow the mixture to cool.

Place halved strawberries into prepared pie shell.  Refrigerate to set before serving.

* I think this is a ridiculous amount of sugar so I just use half,  3/4 cup, and no one has ever complained.



It goes without saying that one piles real whipped cream on top to serve.

Comments

  1. Silver in AZJune 22, 2018 at 12:22 PM

    sounds delicious. Why haven't I had fresh strawberry pie in years?!

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  2. BarbaraJune 22, 2018 at 1:18 PM

    Yum. I'll try this the next time the grand girls are over so I'll have someone to help me eat it and won't eat it all myself

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  3. TomJune 22, 2018 at 4:20 PM

    Mmmmm, sounds good. I'm giving this recipe to B, except I'm scratching out your comment about the ridiculous amount of sugar!

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  4. RianJune 22, 2018 at 5:00 PM

    I've never made a strawberry pie... but I have made a strawberry, blueberry, and blackberry custard pie!

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  5. Linda ReederJune 23, 2018 at 1:13 AM

    I have never made strawberry pie! We usually just serve fresh sugared strawberries over vanilla ice cream.

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  6. Arkansas PattiJune 23, 2018 at 10:42 AM

    Don't think I've ever had strawberry pie. Sure looks tempting.

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  7. gigi-hawaiiJune 23, 2018 at 3:51 PM

    Looks like a simple recipe. It's been a while since I have had strawberry pie, but there is a bakery nearby where I might buy one.

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  8. SandiJune 23, 2018 at 5:44 PM

    Yum!

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  9. SakuJune 23, 2018 at 11:25 PM

    Definitely sounds like a winner! We go through strawberries - my grandson and I both love them so they don't last long enough to go in a pie. Of course, ours aren't local either. We'll have to wait a few more weeks.

    Eileen

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