Ingredients
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 5 cups strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and halved
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3 tablespoons brandy
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, combine the crumbs and butter together. Press the mixture against the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pan to form a crust. Bake until golden and crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a rack. In a sauce pan, combine the berries, sugar, and vanilla. Stir over medium heat. until the sugar dissolves. Combine the cornstarch with the water and brandy in a cup and add to the berry mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool. Pour into the pie crust. Cover and refrigerate for a least 6 hours, or until the filling sets.
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By bekbork
on July 25, 2011
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I used crown royal instead of brandy and it was delicious. If you need to be told to let a mixture with cornstarch come to a boil in order for it to work as a thickening agent, you should be making an easier recipe because you are clearly the greenest of all cooks. That's very basic knowledge.
By henryjz
on June 14, 2011
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This tasted REALLY good! I had to try it twice, though. Like many of the reviewers, I ended up with soup the first time around. After looking around at other strawberry pie recipes, I realized that the problem is that this recipe does not mention boiling at all. The mixture needs to come to a boil for at least one minute after putting in the brandy/water/cornstarch mixture in order for the cornstarch to do its work of thickening the sauce enough for it to gel upon cooling.
Oh, and I used a pastry crust rather than a graham cracker crust... It is really good!
By missmaryb
San Diego
on May 26, 2011
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Delicious! I didn't use a graham crackers crust, I made a pastry crust, added just a little rosemary to it. I also added nutmeg and fresh ginger and only a half cup of sugar to strawberries and sliced a few fresh uncooked strawberries on top. The addition of the spices was wonderful and the brandy gave it a little something extra!
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