Strawberry Ice Cream Pie

Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6


• 1 pie shell, baked (either store bought or your own recipe)


• 16 marshmallows


• 2 tablespoons strawberries, crushed


• red food coloring


• 2 egg whites


• 1/4 cup sugar


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 1 quart vanilla ice cream (tempered in the refrigerator to soften slightly...about 1/2 hour)


• 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced


• whole berries, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat marshmallows with crushed strawberries slowly, folding over and over until half melted.


• 2 remove from heat and continue folding until mixture is smooth and fluffy.


• 3 add a drop or two of food coloring (you're looking for a pleasing pink color).


• 4 beat egg whites until they hold a peak, add sugar slowly, beating constantly; add salt.


• 5 blend lightly with marshmallow mixture.


• 6 pile ice cream into pie shell, cover with sliced strawberries and top with fluffy marshmallow meringue swirled attractively.


• 7 brown quickly under broiler or hot oven just until the tips of the meringue turn golden, about 30 seconds.


• 8 remove pie from oven, tuck whole berries in swirls; serve immediately.