Strawberry Pie

Name: Strawberry Pie
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 8-10
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 12 tbsp. unsalted butter, cubed and chilled; 1 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. kosher salt; 3 lb. strawberries, halved; 1 ⁄ 2 cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar; 1 ⁄ 2 cup cornstarch; 2 tbsp. orange juice; 1 tbsp. orange zest; 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped; 2 tbsp. heavy cream

Serves
serves 8-10

BARBARA RIES

In this pie, orange zest nicely offsets the sweetness of the strawberries. This recipe first appeared in our June/July 2011 BBQ issue along with Tracie McMillan's story Sweet Crusade.

Ingredients

3 cups flour
12 tbsp. unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. kosher salt
3 lb. strawberries, halved
¹⁄₂ cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar
¹⁄₂ cup cornstarch
2 tbsp. orange juice
1 tbsp. orange zest
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
2 tbsp. heavy cream

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Instructions

Step 1

Pulse flour, butter, and 1 tsp. salt in a food processor until pea-size pieces form. Add ½ cup ice-cold water; pulse until dough forms. Form into a ball; halve and form into two disks. Wrap; chill for 1 hour.

Step 2

Heat oven to 425°. In a bowl, toss together remaining salt, berries, ½ cup sugar, cornstarch, juice, zest, and vanilla; set filling aside. Unwrap dough; roll both into 11" wide and 1⁄8" thick circles. Transfer one circle to a 9" deep-dish pie pan; mound filling inside. Cut ¾"-wide strips of dough from remaining circle; transfer to top of pie, creating a lattice pattern. Trim and crimp edges. Brush dough with cream and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until golden and bubbling, about 1 hour. (If crust begins to brown before pie is finished baking, cover with foil until pie is done). Let cool.

Pulse flour, butter, and 1 tsp. salt in a food processor until pea-size pieces form. Add ½ cup ice-cold water; pulse until dough forms. Form into a ball; halve and form into two disks. Wrap; chill for 1 hour.
Heat oven to 425°. In a bowl, toss together remaining salt, berries, ½ cup sugar, cornstarch, juice, zest, and vanilla; set filling aside. Unwrap dough; roll both into 11" wide and 1⁄8" thick circles. Transfer one circle to a 9" deep-dish pie pan; mound filling inside. Cut ¾"-wide strips of dough from remaining circle; transfer to top of pie, creating a lattice pattern. Trim and crimp edges. Brush dough with cream and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until golden and bubbling, about 1 hour. (If crust begins to brown before pie is finished baking, cover with foil until pie is done). Let cool.