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Say Good Morning to Spring with this Beautiful Custard Strawberry Pie

Custard Strawberry Pie

Catherine Olson
A sweet dough filled with vanilla custard and topped with plump ripe strawberries!
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 9 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 egg

Custard

  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 4 egg whites
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 5 tablespoons butter

Glaze

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 3 oz strawberry jello
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Cut butter, sugar and flour until crumbly
  • Add egg and mix just until incorporated
  • Transfer dough to a floured work surface
  • Roll out to 1/4 inch
  • Fold in half and lay in ungreased fluted tart pan
  • Unfold and form dough to the tart pan creasing around the edges
  • Prick the bottom of the dough with a fork occasionally
  • Cover with parchment paper and fill with baking beans
  • (If you don't have baking beans, or pie weights, you can cook this without but it may rise a little bit.)
  • Bake at Fahrenheit 350° for 10 minutes
  • Remove from oven and let cool in pan

Custard

  • Dissolve sugar and milk over med heat
  • Bring to a low simmer and let cook
  • In a separate bowl whisk eggs and egg whites, cornstarch and milk
  • Pour half of the heated milk very slowly into the egg mixture a tablespoon at a time
  • Return the milk mixture and the egg mixture back to the stove pot
  • Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon
  • Remove from heat
  • Stir in vanilla and butter until melted
  • Cover and chill for 24 hours

Glaze

  • Bring sugar, water and cornstarch to a boil over medium heat
  • Cook until mixture thickens and becomes translucent
  • Remove from heat and pour in strawberry jello
  • Add 1 tablespoon butter
  • Stir until butter is melted and jello dissolved
  • Let cool to room temperature
  • Pour directly over strawberries

Finalè

  • Pour chilled custard into crust
  • Slice strawberries vertically, arrange in a circular pattern beginning at the outside edge and spiraling towards the center
  • Cover strawberries with glaze
  • Refrigerate until chilled
Keyword Custard Strawberry Pie