Strawberry, lemon and vanilla classic American pie

Name: Strawberry, lemon and vanilla classic American pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 1 lemon (only the zest); 800 g fresh strawberries; 80 g brown sugar; 2 tbsp potato or corn starch; 1 vanilla bean; 300 g flour; 150 g cold butter; 130 g white sugar; 1 egg

Strawberry pie is a delicious tart of American origins made of vanilla pastry and strawberry filling. Fragrant, sweet and rich in flavours of fresh fruit, lemon zest and vanilla.

Strawberry, lemon and vanilla classic American pie

Traditional American strawberry pie with lemon and vanilla.

Course sweets and desserts

Cuisine traditional American, vegetarian

Keyword easy pie, lemon, strawberries, traditional pie, vanilla

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 10

Servings pie, about 22 wide

Calories 101kcal

Ingredients

1 lemon only the zest
800 g fresh strawberries
80 g brown sugar
2 tbsp potato or corn starch
1 vanilla bean
300 g flour
150 g cold butter
130 g white sugar
1 egg

Instructions

Instructions: Strawberry, lemon and vanilla classic American pie

In a bowl, pour the flour, add the egg, the vanilla bean seeds, grated lemon zest and the cold butter grated on a grater with large holes.
Work the dough briefly until all the ingredients are combined. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
After this period of time take the dough from the refrigerator and put 1/4 of the dough aside. Roll out the larger part with a rolling pin to a 3 – 5 mm thick disc. Roll the pastry onto the rolling pin and transfer onto a baking tart pan, level the dough gently with your hands and remove excess of dough with a sharp knife. Prick the bottom with a fork. Use the other dough to create some decorations for pie (I cut out some flowers with a cookie cutter, and I did the woven edge). Place the tart and the decorations in the refrigerator to let it rest.

The filling

Prepare the filling. Clean the strawberries and cut them into small pieces. Place the fruit in a bowl, add brown sugar, grated zest of half a lemon and the cornstarch. Mix together and set aside for 10 minutes.
Fill the pastry base with the strawberries using the spoon. Do not pour everything on the base instead leave the excess juice into the bowl. Now you can add your decorations.
Bake in preheated conventional oven at 180 °C for about 40 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil if the pie is getting brown too quickly.