Description
Strawberry bliss pie elevates summer desserts with its luscious layers of fresh berries and silky filling. Homemade pastry and ripe strawberries create a delightful treat you’ll crave throughout the season.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 cups (1.4 l) fresh strawberries, hulled
- 1 ¼ cups (156 g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups (150 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 2 tbsps (25 g) granulated sugar
- 3 tbsps (24 g) cornstarch
- ½ cup (120 ml) water
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 34 tbsps (2 1/8 cups / 510 ml) ice water
- Whipped cream
- Fresh mint leaves
- Pre-made pie crust
Instructions
- Pastry Preparation: Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add chilled butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle ice water, kneading until dough forms a cohesive disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes to relax gluten.
- Crust Formation: Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Roll dough on floured surface and transfer to 9-inch pie pan. Trim edges and create decorative crimped border. Line with parchment, fill with ceramic weights, and blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove weights and continue baking until golden and crisp.
- Strawberry Glaze Development: Mash strawberries in saucepan. Combine with sugar, cornstarch, and water. Stir continuously over medium heat until mixture thickens and becomes glossy, approximately 5 minutes. Remove from heat, incorporate lemon juice and vanilla extract. Cool and allow slight setting.
- Pie Assembly: Arrange whole strawberries in cooled pastry shell, positioning with pointed tips upward. Gently pour cooled glaze over berries, ensuring complete and even coverage for a lustrous finish.
- Chilling and Serving: Refrigerate pie for minimum 2 hours to set. Optional garnish with whipped cream and mint leaves before serving.
Notes
- Chill Dough Effectively: Refrigerate pastry for 30 minutes to relax gluten and prevent shrinking, ensuring a tender, flaky crust.
- Prevent Soggy Crust: Blind bake the pie shell with ceramic weights to maintain structural integrity and create a crisp base that resists strawberry moisture.
- Control Filling Consistency: Continuously stir the strawberry glaze while cooking to prevent burning and achieve a smooth, glossy texture without lumps.
- Serve at Optimal Temperature: Allow pie to set completely in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, which helps the filling stabilize and enhances flavor melding.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 284
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg