Fresh Strawberry Pie

Name: Fresh Strawberry Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10 (Makes one 9-inch pie)
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 4 pints (about 3 pounds), fresh strawberries, gently rinsed and dried, hulled (see note); 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams), sugar; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1 1/2 teaspoons, Sure-Jell for low-sugar recipes (see note); Pinch, table salt, generous amount; 1 tablespoon, juice from 1 lemon; 1 , recipe; 1 cup, cold heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Fruits & Vegetables
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By Dawn Yanagihara ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

The key to this dessert’s bright flavor—plump, uncooked berries—can also be its soupy downfall. But how do you firm up the filling without making it gluey and dull-tasting?

SERVES 8 to 10 (Makes one 9-inch pie)

TIME 35 minutes, plus 2 hours chilling

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