Ingredients
3 pints strawberries
1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoons butter
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
Whipped cream
Vanilla extract and sugar
Method
1. Clean strawberries. Place 2 cups berries in a bowl and crush. Turn into a saucepan and mix with water, 1 cup sugar, and cornstarch. Heat to simmering and stir 2 minutes until thick and clear. Add butter.
2. Put glaze thru a sieve and cool 15 minutes. Pile remaining berries into pie shell. Carefully spoon glaze over berries. Just before severing, spoon whipped cream in mounds around edges. Lightly sweetened whipped cream with sugar and vanilla.
