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BCPL Feb. A Book & A Recipe 4

  • 10 hours ago
  • 2 min read

Looking for a fun Valentine's week read or dessert? We love chocolate, but this February we're sharing the strawberry super pie receipe from Diane Mott Davidson's mystery Dying for Chocolate!


Let's get started...


Ingredients-

Crust:

¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, melted

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

¾ cup chopped pecans


Topping:

2 pounds strawberries, divided

½ cup water

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons cornstarch


Filling:

1 ¼ cups whipping cream

¼ pound cream cheese, softened

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup confectioner’s sugar


Instructions -

  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.

  2. For crust, mix melted butter with flour, powdered sugar, and pecans. Press into a buttered 10" pie plate.

  3. Bake for 25 minutes or until light brown. Allow to cool completely.

  4. Start topping by mashing enough strawberries to make one cup. Cut tops off remaining strawberries and set aside. Place mashed berries in a sauce pan and add water.

  5. Mix sugar and cornstarch into crushed berry mixture and bring to a boil on top of stove, stirring.

  6. Boil about one minute or until clear and thickened. Set aside to cool.

  7. For filling, whip cream until stiff. In another bowl, beat cream cheese with vanilla and powdered sugar.

  8. Carefully fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Spread in cooled crust and refrigerate.

  9. When crushed berry mixture is cool, pie can be assembled. Stand whole (or halved, if your prefer) strawberries on top of cream filling, cut side down.

  10. When entire filling is covered with whole berries, carefully spoon cooled crushed berry mixture over all. Cream filling should not be seen between berries.

  11. Once the crevices have been filled, do not overload the pie with the crushed berry mixture, as it will just drip over the sides.

    Tip: Any left- over crushed berry mixture is delectable on toast or English muffins.



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We hope you tried this recipe and found it delicious, and may even consider sharing a story or a sample! We love to hear from our readers!



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