Strawberry Cream Pie

This recipe is an adaptation of one published in Domino magazine.

Ingredients

• 4 pints strawberries, cut and stemmed
  
• 1 + 1/4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp sugar
• 10 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 + 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice
• 1 cup heavy/double/whipping cream
• prepackaged graham cracker crust
  

1. Place strawberries in blenders (reserving a handful for decoration) and puree.

2. In a medium saucepan combine milk, flour and 3/4 cup of sugar on medium high heat. Whisk or stir until well blended. Add strawberry puree and lemon juice, continue mixing until sauce thickens and bubbles.

3. Pour filling into crust and cool, before refrigerating overnight.

4. Before serving add sugar and heavy cream blend with hand mixer or whisk until it forms soft peaks. Spread over pie, garnish with remaining strawberries and enjoy.