Strawberry Pie

Strawberry Pie II

Yields: 8 servings
"Half of this pie 's strawberries are arranged in a baked pastry shell, and the other half are crushed and cooked up with sugar, water and cornstarch until thick and bubbly. This lovely glaze is then poured over the whole berries in the pastry shell. Chill this pie for several hours and serve it with mounds of whipped cream."
INGREDIENTS:
1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
1 quart fresh strawberries
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
DIRECTIONS:
1.
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.
2.
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.

Hydro Farm

OMG! What a nice day. We took a Cub Scout field trip with our pack to Hydro Fresh Farms, in other words a working hydroponics farm. I just love going there. This time the kids got a real tour of it, including how the stackers are made, a stacker making contest, a lesson on bugs (good and bad) and how they treat them, a tour of their veggies and strawberries, the most unusual strawberry contest (Ethan won a gatorade) and a word scrabble. Then we got to pick strawberries, GLORIOUS strawberries... Incase you didn't catch that we got to pick YUMMY STRAWBERRIES. :) Anyhow we came home for a few minutes and then got ready to go to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. I have since made 2 BEAUTIFUL Strawberry Pies... Which we will enjoy tomorrow. YUMMO!