[rec.food.recipes] MISC: Fresh Strawberry Pie

ns@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Nancy M. Schnepp) (06/14/91)

This is my first posting to the network.  We have only discovered that
we have readnews here!!  I am enjoying the recipes group VERY much, and
am an avid collector of recipes.  I am still searching for the PERFECT
pecan pie.

This is THE M*O*S*T scrumptious dessert on a hot spring day!

FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE

2 8-inch baked pie shells
Fresh strawberries, cleaned and halved (our strawberries were early this year)
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 {level} Tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
Red food coloring (if desired)
3 oz. box strawberry jello

Put sugar, cornstarch, and water in pan.  Cook slow until clear and
thick (about 5 minutes).  Take off stove.  Add 5 drops red food
coloring and 3-oz. box of jello.  Stir in.  Let cool.  Pour over
strawberries which have been placed in baked pie shells.  Let set in
refrigerator about an hour.  Eat!  Serve with a dollop of your favorite
whipped topping.  

Enjoy!!!!  (1985)        -N. Schnepp