Recipe: Tasty Strawberry Custard Pie

Strawberry Custard Pie. My Grandmother's Strawberry Custard Pie is the easiest pie to make and it's perfect for Spring. I made this pie for our Palm Sunday Easter Lunch at church. It's finally spring and even though strawberries aren't technically in season just yet, our store had some gorgeous strawberries that I couldn't resist.

Place strawberries in unbaked pastry lined pie pan. Beat eggs slightly and add cream, pour over strawberry layer in pastry shell. How to Make Strawberry Custard Pie. You can have Strawberry Custard Pie using 14 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Strawberry Custard Pie

1. Prepare 9 of " Prebaked pie crust.
2. Prepare of Custard.
3. You need 3 cups of whole milk.
4. You need 1/3 cup of flour.
5. Prepare 2/3 cup of sugar.
6. You need pinch of salt.
7. You need 3 of slightly beaten extra large egg yolks.
8. You need 4 tbsp of butter.
9. You need 4 tsp of vanilla extract.
10. Prepare of Topping.
11. Prepare 1 quart of strawberries.
12. Prepare 2/3 cup of sugar.
13. Prepare 1 1/3 cups of water.
14. It's 3 tablespoons of cornstarch.

Line with pie crust, crimp the edges and fork the bottom and sides slightly. Slice the strawberries and set aside. In a medium size bowl, beat eggs and sugar together, add flour, mix thoroughly, mix in heavy cream and melted butter beat thoroughly. This pie starts with a delicious custard placed in a baked pie shell, then a layer of halved fresh strawberries is added and then topped with luscious freshly whipped cream.

Strawberry Custard Pie step by step

1. Scald the milk on the stove top to almost boiling..
2. In a saucepan combine the flour, sugar and salt. Over medium low flame slowly add 1 cup of the scalded milk, whisking constantly..
3. As you notice the filling beginning to thicken, add another cup of the scalded milk continuing to stir constantly until it begins to thicken again..
4. Add the final cup of scalded milk, stirring constantly. Continue to cook over medium low heat until mixture begins to slightly thicken..
5. At this point remove from heat and pour about a half cup of this mixture onto the beaten egg yolks, whisking constantly..
6. Pour the egg mixture immediately back into the pot, continuing to constantly stir..
7. Cook until the filling reaches pudding consistency and remove from heat..
8. Stir in the butter and vanilla extract..
9. Cool in an ice bath to 80 degrees, stirring occasionally, before pouring into the baked pie shell. Chill for at least 3 hours or overnight..
10. Strawberry Glaze - Wash strawberries; hull..
11. Place 3 cups of strawberries on top of pie.
12. Simmer remaining 1 cup of berries (crushed or purreed), 2/3 cup sugar, and 1 cup of the water 15 minutes..
13. Mix remaining water with cornstarch; add to cooked berry mixture..
14. Cook until thick, stirring constantly; cool..
15. Drizzle/spoon berry mixture over the whole strawberries and custard; chill for at least 3 hours..

Custard can be made ahead and pie assembled just before serving. Turn those freshly picked strawberries into a luscious strawberry cream pie, complete with a creamy custard filling. The store-bought pastry shell will save you time, but of course, you can make homemade if you so choose. Heavily grease a pie pan with some butter, then lightly dust it with flour. The beautiful pairing of strawberries and rhubarb, combined with a smooth custard, creates a mouth-watering and irresistible pie.