Stuffed Crust Strawberry Cream Pie Recipe

Ever since Strawberry season began, I have been on the hunt to find the perfect Strawberry Pie recipe! So far, I have tried several and have had a hard time finding "the one". This version was the best I've made so far, if you want to try it at home! I'm not a huge fan of Pillsbury pie crust, BUT it's a stuffed crust so it didn't taste too "Pillsbury-ish." 


The Ingredients:
Crust
1 box (15 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
1 package (7 oz) almond paste
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 egg white
Strawberry Filling
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 cups sliced fresh strawberries
Homemade Whipped Cream Topping
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
8 fresh whole strawberries, if desired

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees...

In a food processor, mix the Almond Paste, Cornstarch, and Egg white.

Scoop the almond paste mixture onto one of the pie crusts. Spread it out over the crust so that it's 1 1/4 inch from the edges. Then cover it with the second pie crust (like an "almond paste mixture sandwich")!

Place the "sandwich" in a pie dish and cover the edges with foil.

Place another pie dish (or if you're like me, a cake pan) over the crust. Bake for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, remove from oven. Remove the top pan and prick the top of the crust with a fork about 15 times. Then place it back in the oven to bake for 15 more minutes! Remove it when it's a light golden brown and let cool for one full hour!

The cooling period is a great time for your kitchen staff to take a break. Or nap.

For the strawberry filling, mix the sliced strawberries, sugar and cornstarch in a 2-quart saucepan over medium high heat. Heat it until it boils, stirring constantly. Lower the temp a bit, and keep stirring until it's almost a thick jello-like mixture. Pour the filling into a clean bowl and cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Stir it a couple times during the 30 minute time to help the entire contents cool quickly!

Mmmm....now on to the homemade whipped cream part! Mix the heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla on high speed with a mixer. Mix it a couple minutes until it thickens. You'll start to see small peaks in the mix, like this picture below!

After the crust and the strawberry filling cools, introduce the two to each other!

Then spread with the whipped topping! Decorate it as desired! (I wish I would have had a little greenery or mint leaf in the house to add some color!)

Grab a fork and dig in! Caution: Once you start, it's difficult to stop!

Recipe compliments of Pillsbury.