Fresh Strawberry Custard Pie

This Fresh Strawberry Custard Pie is loaded with fresh strawberries and delicious vanilla custard. 

How many of you like strawberries and cream? This pie is based on that delicious taste you get of fresh strawberries mixed with that sweet cream.

This pie doesn’t have any sugary sauce or gelatin. It simply has a delicious butter crust, creamy vanilla custard, and fresh strawberries.

The pie is really simple to make and as long as you have fresh strawberries you probably already have everything else you need to make the pie.

First I make the crust. Put the flour, powdered sugar and softened butter into a bowl. It’s easiest if you have room temperature butter.

If you are like me and always forget to set the butter out to soften stick it in the microwave to soften, just don’t melt it all the way.

Mix the crust with your hands until it all starts to stick together. This dough has a stickier texture.

Then press the dough into a lightly greased pan. I like to use a 10″ springform pan but you can easily use a pie tin. Bake the crust.

While the crust is baking it’s time to make the custard. The custard is simple and quick to make. The hard part is waiting for it to cool.

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After the pie crust comes out of the oven and the custard is made it’s time to let everything cool. I usually make the crust and custard the day before I want to eat the pie, but you don’t have to wait that long.

The custard should be cool after about an hour in the fridge. During this time you can slice your strawberries. I like it when the strawberries are thinly sliced, I think it looks prettier and is easier to eat, but you can use whole strawberries if you want.

For this pie, it took 12 strawberries thinly sliced. The number of strawberries you need will change based on how big your pie is and the size of the strawberries.

Now it’s time to assemble the pie. Gently cover the crust with the chilled vanilla custard.

Then starting at the outside edge of the pie start laying out the strawberries. Continue to go round and round overlapping the rows of strawberries slightly.

Once the whole pie is covered with strawberries it’s time to enjoy!

If you eat the pie right after it’s been put together the crust will have a harder more crumbly texture like a shortbread cookie, this is my favorite.

If you let the pie sit for an hour or two the crust will soften, my husband’s favorite.

The pie is best served the same day, but it can be stored in the fridge for a couple days.

Patriotic Twist

For a fun patriotic twist add a few blueberries throughout the strawberry custard pie. Then you have the perfect red, white and blue dessert for a 4th of July BBQ.

What do you think? Will you be giving this Strawberry Custard Pie a try?