Strawberry pie is a

dessert Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and ...

food consisting mainly of

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and

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in a pie crust, sometimes with

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. It is often served with whipped cream.

Preparation

Fresh strawberry pies are usually made with in-season sweet berries, while out-of-season strawberries are often better suited for baked pies. A double strawberry pie has glazed, uncooked strawberries on top, with a layer of cooked strawberries underneath. A common question about strawberry pies is how to prevent the crust from becoming soggy or "runny". Possible causes of watery strawberry pies include the thickener, particularly when not enough cornstarch is used, or when it has lost its thickening properties after being cooked for too long. The strawberries themselves can contribute to wateriness if cut too finely. Some recipes add a cream cheese layer to help keep the pie crust crisp.

Consumption

In the United States, strawberry pie is one of the red foods often served at Juneteenth celebrations, and is also a popular dessert at Fourth of July gatherings. Strawberry-pie eating contests are part of many summer strawberry festivals across America. At the annual contest in Athens, Georgia, the 2017 winner ate five slices in 90 seconds. Each year in May in

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, Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House serves over 10,000 slices of strawberry pie for one week only, as thousands of customers line up outside its doors. Their strawberry pie, which consists of "fresh strawberries layered into a pie shell with confectionery sugar and real whipped cream", has received national recognition from ''People'' magazine and the Food Network.

Related desserts

The main difference between a strawberry pie and a strawberry tart is the crust used. Strawberry pies have simple piecrusts and can be made quickly. Strawberry tarts, on the other hand, have a sweet pastry crust resembling a thin butter cookie, and take longer to make, with a pastry cream layer that needs to be chilled. ''Torta de morango'' is a commonly consumed dessert in Brazil. A related dessert food is the strawberry-rhubarb pie, a baked pie which has a tendency to become "very juicy" or "soggy", due to the high water content of both the

rhubarb Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of ''Rheum'' in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The whole plant – a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizo ...

and the strawberries.

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