Strawberry Pie

Growing up in France, strawberry pie was, for me, tarte aux fraises: a shortcrust with a layer of almond cream, filled with pastry cream and topped with fresh strawberries. Once I moved to Canada, i discovered strawberry pie! I never new you could make a pie with baked strawberries and that it would be delicious! But it is! Plus it’s so easy to make it really is a great summer dessert!

Ingredients you’ll need

• 2 flaky pie crusts
• fresh strawberries
• corn starch
• sugar
• lemon juice
• egg (for egg wash)

That’s it!

How to make the perfect Strawberry Pie

• First, you need to make the flaky pie crust. You could buy one, but it’s pretty easy to make and homemade always tastes much better!
• If you want to make your own, you’ll only need flour, butter, a pinch of salt and a tiny bit of water.
• While your crust rest in the fridge, start your strawberry filling.
• Wash and cut your strawberries.
• Place the strawberries in bowl and add sugar, corn starch and lemon juice. Mix together.
• Take your first flaky pie crust out of the fridge and roll it down.
• Put your strawberry filling on the crust.

• Take the second pie crust out of the fridge and roll it down.
• Cover the strawberry filling with the pie crust making sure you leave some holes so the steam can escape. You can also make stripes of dough and cover the strawberries.

• Mix an egg with a tbsp of water and brush this mixture to the crust.
• Sprinkle sugar on it.
• Bake for for 35 to 45 minutes at 375F, until the crust is golden.
• And voila!

• Serve a la mode with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream (or homemade strawberry ice cream) or with a bit of homemade whipped cream (or both!).