Diner-Style Fresh Strawberry Pie

Name: Diner-Style Fresh Strawberry Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 quarts, fresh strawberries, washed, hulled, and halved (8 cups); 1 cup, granulated sugar; Pinch, table salt; Pinch, ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons, lemon juice from 1 lemon; 1/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 3 1/2 tablespoons, Instant Clearjel; 1 , prebaked 9-inch pie shell

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

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SERVES8

TIME45 minutes, plus 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a strawberry pie recipe with fresh, juicy berries held together by a soft, sweet glaze, we used a combination of cornstarch and pectin, which glazed the fruit while allowing the beautiful red color of the strawberries to shine through. ...

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