Ingredients
Crust:
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 unroll-and-bake refrigerated 9-inch pie crusts (recommended: Pillsbury)
Filling:
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon arrowroot
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 8 medium strawberries, hulled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces, to yield about 1 1/4 cups
- 1 egg, beaten
- Special equipment: a 12-count nonstick mini-muffin pan, a 3-inch round cookie cutter, a 2-inch round cookie cutter
Directions
Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
For the crust: Spray a 12-count nonstick mini-muffin pan with vegetable oil cooking spray. Put a strip of parchment paper, 1-inch wide and 5-inches long into each muffin cup, allowing the excess paper to overhang the sides of the cups. Unroll the pie crust and using round cookie cutters, cut out 12 (3-inch) circles and 12 (2-inch) circles of dough. Lightly press the 3-inch circles of dough into the bottom and sides of the prepared muffin cups.
For the filling: In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lemon juice, arrowroot, and orange zest until smooth. Stir in the strawberries.
Spoon the filling into the muffin cups and using a pastry brush, lightly brush the edges of the dough with beaten egg. Put the 2-inch circles of dough on top. Using the tines of a fork press the edges of the dough together to seal. Lightly brush the tops of the pastry with the beaten egg. Using the tip of a knife, make a 1/4-inch wide slit in the center of each pie. Bake until the crust is golden, about 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 30 minutes. Using the overhanging parchment paper as handles, remove the pies from the pan. Remove the parchment paper and serve.
















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By marrscher4
Greenfield, MA
on April 18, 2013
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Loved this! I too used cornstarch instead of arrowroot the berries I used were a bit dry because they aren't in season here so I brushed the top with egg and sprinkled some sugar on top of egg. These were outstanding. I love Giadas recipes! The parcent strips helped lift tart right out. I also used a regular muffin pan and don't have cookie cutters so I used coffee cup as my cutter. If you are thinking of making these, do it!
By tish1964
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on March 05, 2013
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I always love Giada's recipes, but I have tried this one twice and cannot get the strawberries and the pies to stay "full".. baked the bottoms as other's have said and it helped. Even cut the strawberries and tried to let them lose some of their juices, and the pies STILL evaporated on the insides to almost nothing. Cannot fill them high enough. Shame.
By anniej35
on December 23, 2012
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Haven't made these yet but will tomorrow ! I'll come back and let you know what I think about them! They sound yummy!
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