Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated pie crust I used Pillsbury
Strawberry Silk:
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 3 oz small box strawberry gelatin
- 8 oz strawberry cream cheese
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Chocolate Ganache:
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Covered Strawberries:
- 24-30 strawberries depending on the size (I used 24 for this pie)
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon shortening
Instructions
Crust:
- Bake pie crust in a 9 inch pan according to the instructions on the package.
- Set aside to cool.
Strawberry Silk:
- Whisk strawberry gelatin into boiling water, for about 2 minutes, until dissolved.
- Stir in strawberry cream cheese until smooth and set aside.
- Use mixer to beat heavy cream and vanilla until it starts to thicken.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold in strawberry cream cheese mixture until combined.
- Spread strawberry silk into pie crust.
- Place in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
Chocolate Ganache:
- Put chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl and set aside.
- Heat heavy cream and vanilla until it starts to boil.
- Pour heavy cream over the chocolate chips and allow it to sit for 5 minutes.
- Stir until smooth.
- Pour over set strawberry silk layer.
- Place in fridge to set for 2 hours.
Chocolate Covered Strawberries:
- Wash and thoroughly dry the strawberries and remove the stems.
- Melt chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Stir and continue heating at 15 second intervals, stirring every 15 seconds, until smooth.
- Dip the strawberries into the chocolate. I inserted a toothpick into the strawberries to make it easier to dip them. Then, I put the toothpicks into a large piece of foam so that the chocolate could harden. Dipped strawberries can be placed on a piece of waxed paper, if preferred.
- Allow the chocolate to harden on the strawberries.
- Arrange the chocolate covered strawberries on the pie.
