Jello Recipes
Simple Strawberry Pie Jello Recipe
This delicious jello strawberry pie is made in a homemade pie crust but you can use a readymade pie crust or tart shell if you prefer. This strawberry pie jello recipe is very easy to make and the filling is simply a combination of strawberries and strawberry jello. You can serve slices of this strawberry jello pie with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
The recipe for the crust is very easy to follow and if you can make your own crust, it is always nicer than using readymade ones. If you serve a jello strawberry pie in a readymade pie some people might mistakenly believe the whole thing is store-bought. When you serve a delicious homemade pie crust filled with a wonderful fruity, fluffy jello dessert, nobody will have any doubt that you made it.
Although this strawberry pie jello recipe is very simple and the filling is only a mixture of strawberries and jello, the fresh strawberries give the pie such a wonderful flavor. Lots of strawberry jello recipes containing fresh strawberries are deliberately simple because using too many flavors or too many ingredients can overpower the beautiful fresh strawberry taste.
Juicy Jello Strawberry Pie
Ingredients -
1¼ cups all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
½ cup butter
2 tablespoons ice water
1 package strawberry jello
1 ½ cups boiling water
1 cup ice cubes
2 cups fresh strawberries, halved
Preparation:
First, make the pastry shell. Combine the sugar, salt, and flour.
Cut the butter into cubes and rub it into the flour mixture using your fingers.
When the butter pieces are the size of small peas, freeze the pastry mixture for 5 minutes.
Add half the ice water to the flour mixture, and then mix it with your fingers.
Add the rest of the ice water and mix it again with your fingers.
Form a ball. If it is very flaky, add a little water and mix again.
Roll the pastry out on to a floured board and put it in a 9 inch tart pan.
Freeze it for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and cover the pastry with aluminum foil.
Poke a few holes in it with a fork.
Bake for 8 minutes then take the aluminum foil out and bake for 8 minutes more or until the pastry is crispy and golden brown.
Let it cool.
Dissolve the jello powder in the boiling water, stirring until all the jello crystals dissolve.
Add the ice and stir until it melts.
Chill the jello until it is thick - this should take about 30 minutes.
Stir in the halved strawberries and pour the mixture into the cooled pie crust.
Chill for 3 hours or until firm.
(Serves 6)
Photo Description:
This bright red pie looks very appetizing and anyone who loves fresh berries, especially plump, juicy strawberries, will enjoy sinking their teeth into a slice of this amazing jello strawberry pie. This is one of the most easy jello recipes to make and even simpler if you use a store-bought pastry crust or tart shell. Making your own pastry is not as difficult as you might think though and if you follow the directions in the recipe, it is difficult to get it wrong. This strawberry pie jello recipe is nutritious because of all the strawberries and if you use sugar free jello it is healthier still. Serve it with whipped cream or ice cream if you like.
Little Known Strawberry Facts
As you enjoy your strawberry pie jello recipe, you might be intrigued to learn a few strawberry facts. Strawberries are actually a member of the rose family. They are indigenous to Asia, Europe, and the Americas and are the only fruit, which has seeds outside instead of inside. These delicious berries grow all through the year but their prime time is between April and June. Strawberries need to be ripe when you pick them because they will not ripen afterwards. These tasty berries are rich in folate and vitamin C and also contain iron and potassium.
Perhaps you have heard of Saint Hildegard, who was a German nun in the 1100s. She believed that toads and snakes contaminated strawberries because they grew near the ground and a lot of people listened to her and believed her prophetic visions, including this one. However, there were more than five billion pounds of strawberries produced in the 1990s, with the United States being the biggest strawberry producer, so Saint Hildegard's vision was short-lived.
There are various types of strawberries but the most common American strawberry is actually the result of cross breeding a Chilean strawberry variety with the wild Virginia strawberry. In the 1700s a Frenchman who was spying on Chilean Spanish, forts brought some local strawberries home and that is when the American strawberry was born. This variety is tasty and hardy enough to withstand the necessary production and transportation techniques.
Jello Strawberry Pie and Other Strawberry Recipes
Strawberries are delicious as they are or served with ice cream or whipped cream. What about making homemade whipped cream to serve with them? To do this, you should chill some heavy cream for a few hours. Also, chill a large stainless steel bowl. Pour the cream into the stainless steel bowl and whisk it. When it is like soft peaks, add a couple of drops of vanilla extract and some white sugar. Keep whisking the cream, tasting it and adding more sugar or vanilla if it needs it, until it is firm. Do not whip it too much, else it will go lumpy and grainy. Serve this home-whipped cream with fresh strawberries for a classic and elegant dessert.
A strawberry pie jello recipe is a wonderful way to enjoy fresh strawberries. The jello gives the pie a great consistency and strawberry jello enhances the flavor of the fresh strawberries. Jello strawberry pie is simple to make and keeps for a few days in the refrigerator. If you are looking for an easy jello recipe for your family, a strawberry pie jello recipe is always a great idea.
