Thaimo Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 Kate Langston is a true southern belle from the southern Georgia area in the USA. She gave me this simple recipe many years ago and people love it when I make it. Ingredients: 1 pie shell fresh strawberries, enough to fill the pie shell and extra for garnishing. 3 cups water whipped cream 3 tablespoons strawberry jello 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons corn starch Fill a pie shell with fresh strawberries, whole, sliced, or a combination of whole and sliced. mix the sugar and jello together in a pot with 2 and a half cups of water and bring to a rolling boil. mix the cornstarch with the remaining water and slowly add to the boiling mixture, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Let the thickened mixture cool enough so that it won't cook the fresh strawberries, then pour the mixture over the strawberries until the pie shell is filled. Refrigerate the pie. Just before serving, cover the pie with whipped cream and garnish with the remaining strawberries. I've tried this with other fruits and mixtures of various fruits, with appropriately flavored jellos. Those come out well too, but Kate's original strawberry pie recipe is my favorite.
lvdkeyes Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 This sounds good, but Thai strawberries are not very good, you need to use either Australian or American Driscoll's.
eleothegreat Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 are frozen strawberries okay to use?
Thaimo Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Posted October 10, 2009 are frozen strawberries okay to use?I don't know. I've only tried it with fresh strawberries. I suppose you could try it with frozen strawberries. Maybe you will like it that way, but I think fresh is probably much better. Also, I think I should mention that Kate would always use whole strawberries when she made the pie herself. She never sliced them. She also sweetened the whipped cream, but only slightly because the pie itself is very sweet.
lvdkeyes Posted October 10, 2009 Report Posted October 10, 2009 I wouldn't use frozen strawberries for this pie. Frozen berries exude too much juice and would detract from the fresh taste of the pie.
eleothegreat Posted October 11, 2009 Report Posted October 11, 2009 thanks for the info! hope i can find fresh berries here. dying to try the recipeeee!!!
Thaimo Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Posted October 11, 2009 thanks for the info! hope i can find fresh berries here. dying to try the recipeeee!!!If you are in either Bangkok or Pattaya try the Villa Market or other upscale grocery stores. They will usually have good imported strawberries, but be prepared - they will be quite expensive.
eleothegreat Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks for the info. But I'm from the Philippines. Haha. Sometimes our local high end supermarket has fresh strawberries - but that's only sometimes. I hope they have some when I do my groceries tomorrow.
lvdkeyes Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 I would just wait until you find the fresh berries and then make your pie.
finebyme Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 This is great! Keep them coming Thaimo. Your recipes bring smile to my face. I collect recipes although I always change some of the ingredients. With this recipe I could come up with a mango pie. Thanks.
Thaimo Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Posted October 15, 2009 This is great! Keep them coming Thaimo. Your recipes bring smile to my face.Let me know how it comes out. I would love to take credit for having great recipes, but lvdkeyes is the one who deserves the credit for having fantastic recipes.
lvdkeyes Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 Thank you for the compliment. I have been cooking and collecting recipes for a very long time.
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