Strawberry Pie

Strawberry 🍓 Pie

1.For the short crust pastry

all purpose flour-2 cups & 2 tbsps

Cold Unsalted butter-175 gms (cubed)

Salt-1/2 tsp

Sugar-2 tbsps

Cold water-2-3 tbsps

In a bowl mix the flour & salt.Add the cold butter cubes and rub the flour and butter against each other with your finger tips.Do this till you get a crumbly mixture.

Add the sugar and gently mix it through .Do not over work the dough.Add the cold water 1 tbsp at a time & try to bring the dough together to form a ball.Make sure you add just enough water sothat the dough comes together.

Cover the dough with a cling film and chill it for atleast one hour.(I chilled it overnight.U can chill the dough upto a week & make it when you want it)

After chilling the dough for atleast 1 hour,divide the dough into two equal parts .While rolling one part,keep the second part in fridge.(If you have chilled it overnight then you can leave the other half in the counter itself as it might be solid as rock)

Now roll the dough by dusting a parchment with little flour and placing the dough over it.Place another parchment over this and roll it to 1/8 th an inch thickness. The size of the rolled out pastry should be larger than your pie tin.

Make sure you don't roll it thin or it can tear while draping.Keep the rolled out dough with the parchment papers in a plate & refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.

Now lightly dust the pie tin with flour.Peel off the parchment paper on top and gently flip it on to the tin without removing the bottom parchment paper.With the parchment paper still on gently shape the bottom & sides of the tin.Once you have shaped the dough,gently peel off the parchment paper.If there is any tear just stick it back with your hands.Trim off the edges.Chill this for 5-10 minutes.

2.For the filling

Strawberry-500 gm

Lemon juice-1 lime

Granulated Sugar -1 cup

Cloves-3

Salt a pinch

Corn flour-3 tbsps

Strawberry Jam-2-3 tbsps

Chop the strawberries.In a pan add the chopped strawberries,sugar,salt & cloves.Mix & let this sit for 15-20 minutes.Add the corn flour & strawberry jam & stir in. Heat the pan on medium heat and cook till it gets thick.Remove & add the

lemon juice .Set this aside to cool.

Once cooled, pour the strawberry filling into the chilled base.

Now roll the second half of the dough in between 2 parchment papers.Cut into thin strips using a pizza cutter.Refrgerate the strips for 5-10 minutes.

3.egg-1

Milk-1 tbsp

Sugar-1 tbsp

Beat the egg with milk.Gently brush this over the top sides of the chilled pie.

Weave a lattice pattern with the chilled strips & trim of the edges.Brush with eggwash.Mix together the remaining strips & roll the dough & cutout flower designs with a flower cutter.Place the flowers on the outeredges to give a neat finish to the pie.The eggwash enables the flowers to stick on top.Again brush the flowers too with eggwash.

Sprinkle the sugar on top.Chill this for 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 C & bake for 25-35 minutes or until the top is golden.

bake for 25-35 minutes or until the top is golden brown.