Fresh Strawberry Pie with Whipped Cream
CATEGORIES
Pie 
INGREDIENTS
  • For crust:
  • 1 (5-ounce) package shortbread cookies
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoon cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • For filling:
  • 2 pounds (1 1/2-inch) strawberries, hulled (see cooks' note, below)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin (2 1/4 teaspoons)
  • Accompaniment:
  • lightly sweetened whipped cream
DIRECTIONS
  1. Make crust:
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
  4. Pulse cookies in a food processor to fine crumbs, then pulse in sugar and butter until combined. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
  6. Prepare filling and assemble pie:
  7. Select 20 large strawberries as close to same size as possible and set aside. Cut remaining berries into 1/4-inch dice and toss with sugar and lemon juice. Let stand, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Drain berries in a sieve set into a large glass measuring cup. Add enough water to measure 2 cups. Transfer liquid to a medium saucepan and reserve berries.
  9. Sprinkle gelatin over strawberry liquid and let soften 1 minute. Bring to a bare simmer, stirring until gelatin has dissolved. Add diced berries, then transfer to a metal bowl set into an ice bath and stir frequently until mixture begins to mound, 20 to 30 minutes.
  11. Spoon 1/2 cup filling into pie crust and arrange reserved whole berries, stem ends down, on filling. Spoon remaining filling over and between berries. Chill pie until filling is set, at least 4 hours.