Strawberry Pie Filling Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• To prepare crust, place wafers in a food processor, and process until finely ground.
• Add butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, and orange rind, and pulse 10 times or just until wafers are moist.
• Press into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° for 15 minutes; cool on a wire rack.
• To prepare filling, mash 2 cups strawberries with a potato masher.
• Combine mashed strawberries and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Press the strawberry mixture through a sieve into a bowl, and reserve 1 cup strawberry liquid (add enough water to measure 1 cup, if necessary).
• Discard pulp.
• Combine 2/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in a pan; add strawberry liquid, stirring well with a whisk.
• Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat, and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice.
• Arrange a layer of small strawberries, stem sides down, in the crust.
• Spoon about one-third of sauce over the strawberries.
• Arrange the remaining strawberries on top, and spoon the remaining sauce over the strawberries.
• Chill for at least 3 hours.
• Serve with whipped topping.

Steps:

• Combine mashed strawberries and 3/4 cup water in a saucepan; bring to a boil and simmer for about 3 minutes. Strain juice from cooked strawberries and add enough water to make 1 cup juice. Discard pulp.
• Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and salt in a saucepan; stir strawberry juice into sugar mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until clear and thick, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Stir sliced strawberries into strawberry sauce.

Steps:

• Mix sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 c of the strawberries, crushed, water and lemon juice in a saucepan. Cook until thickened. Chill.
• Fill cooled pie shell with remaining strawberries, halved, and cover with cooked mixture.
• Top with whipped cream. Chill.

Steps:

• Arrange half of strawberries in baked pastry shell. Mash remaining berries and combine with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Gradually stir cornstarch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat and simmer mixture until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pastry shell. Chill for several hours before serving. In a small bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form. Serve each slice of pie with a dollop of whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. Unroll crust into a 9-in. pie plate. Trim edge. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil or parchment. Bake 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved. Refrigerate until slightly cooled, 15-20 minutes., Meanwhile, arrange strawberries in the crust. Pour gelatin mixture over berries. Refrigerate until set. If desired, serve with whipped cream.