VEGAN STRAWBERRY PIE RED DELICIOUS
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This red, delicious Vegan Strawberry Pie has a star-studded, flaky, golden crust, and a delicious, brilliant filling of strawberries. Serve it up any time of the year for a delicious, beautiful treat. Nut-free and soy-free. Because everyone deserves pie for Thanksgiving, I have for you today this gorgeous vegan Strawberry Pie.
| Prep Time | 25 |
| Cook Time | 70 |
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Ingredients
- For the crust:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 sticks (16 tbsp) Earth Balance, cut into 1/4-inch cubes and refrigerated, about 15 minutes.
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- Ice-cold water
- For the strawberry filling:
- 4 cups frozen strawberries (it's hard to measure strawberries into cups because of their shapes, but I'd say you should have about 9 medium-large strawberries in each cup)
- 1/4 cup sugar (use more if your strawberries are very tart, or if you like a sweeter pie)
- 1/2 tsp powdered green cardamom
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
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Instructions
- Make the crust:
- Place all the ingredients except the water in a glass or steel bowl. Using a fork, mix the ingredients.
- Then slowly drizzle the cold water, a tablespoon at a time, over the flour, mixing with the fork quickly until the dough starts to clear the sides of the bowl and comes together.
- Divide the dough into half and place each half in cling wrap, shaping into a disc as you wrap.
- Place both dough discs in the refrigerator for an hour at least or longer.
- Make the strawberry filling:
- Let the strawberries thaw to the point where they are no longer icy but can be cut into halves.
- Cut into halves and place in a bowl. Mix in all the other ingredients and stir thoroughly.
- Set aside for 15 minutes.
- Put your pie together:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Take one of the discs of dough and roll it out to about 12 inches, using as much flour as you need to keep it from sticking to the surface. Keep moving the dough as you roll it to ensure it does not stick.
- Fold into half and lift into a 9-inch pie pan (regular, not deep-dish).
- Unfold the dough and fit it into the pie pan. Fold any overhanging dough under itself so you have a neat-looking crust.
- Pour the filling into the crust. Place the pie pan into the refrigerator while you prepare the top crust using the second disc of dough
- If you are making just a regular, covered pie, roll the disc out so it is slightly bigger than the diameter of the dish. Place on top of the pie dish and with your fingers or with a fork crimp the edges to seal them. Cut four slits at the top of the pie, preferably in a cross pattern.
- If you are making a lattice crust, cut the dough into strips and then weave them into a lattice top following
- these instructions
- If you want to make a crust like the one I did, use a small cookie cutter in any shape (you can even use fun animal shapes if you have kids) to cut out little pieces of the dough. Keep them on a cold baking sheet while you cut out the others. Gather the scraps, roll out the dough, and cut more shapes until you have exhausted the dough.
- Arrange the shapes on top of the strawberries in a decorative pattern-- I arranged them in concentric circles.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp of sugar on the crust. This gives some additional sweetness and helps the crust brown.
- Place the pie pan on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Then lower the heat to 400 degrees and bake another 30 minutes. Once more lower the heat to 350 degrees and cook 20 more minutes or until the juices have thickened and are bubbling.
- Remove the pie pan to a rack and cool thoroughly before cutting and serving. Because of the tartness of the strawberries, this pie would be great with some vegan whipped cream.