Kittencal's Strawberry-glazed Pie

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 7 cups sliced fresh strawberries (sliced in half or in thirds)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup strawberry gelatin (i use jell-o gelatin for this)
• 1/4 cup cornstarch (measured out exactly 1/4-cup)
• 3 -4 drops red food coloring (or as desired)
• 1 (9 inch) pie pastry (use a deep-dish crust baked and cooled completely, or can use a prepared graham cracker crust)
• 2 cups whipped cream (or to taste)
• 1 cup fresh sliced strawberry, for the top (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a lage saucepan place the sugar, water, strawberry gelatin powder and cornstarch; bring to a boil and boil mixing constantly for about 1 minute.
• 2 remove from heat and add in red food colouring (use as much food colouring as you wish to acheive the colour desired).
• 3 fold in 7 cups sliced strawberries; toss well with a wooden spoon or spatula to combine.
• 4 transfer to prepared crust.
• 5 refrigerate for about 4 hours or until completely set.
• 6 top pie with whipped cream.
• 7 place more sliced strawberries on top of whipped cream if desired in a decorative fashion.