Fresh Strawberry Pie

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Fresh Strawberry Pie

 

Recipe By : www.cookinglight.com

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Pies & Pastry

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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***CRUST***

50 reduced-calorie vanilla wafers

1/4 cup butter or stick margarine -- melted

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon grated orange rind

cooking spray

***FILLING***

2 cups ripe strawberries

1/2 cup water

2/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

6 cups small ripe strawberries

1/2 cup frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping -- thawed and

divided

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 

2. 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 degrees for 15 minutes; cool on a

wire rack.

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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. Yield: 8 servings (serving

size: 1 wedge and 1 tablespoon whipped topping).

 

CALORIES 285 (27% from fat); FAT 8.5g (sat 4.6g, mono 2.5g, poly 0.9g); PROTEIN

1.9g; CARB 52.2g; FIBER 3.5g; CHOL 16mg; IRON 1.2mg; SODIUM 146mg; CALC 42mg

 

Converted by MC_Buster.

 

 

 

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NOTES : This is an easy recipe to make when you have a bucket of freshly picked

berries. And it seems that this pie tastes more like a strawberry than the berry

itself. The berries used to make the glaze can be any size, as they're macerated

and pureed. But the berries piled in the pie itself should be small--the smaller

the better, in fact.