Big Boy's Strawberry Pie

"This recipe comes from AAARecipe.com and just in time for strawberry season. Azar's restaurant had the greatest tasting pie!"
 
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photo by Shawn R. photo by Shawn R.
photo by Shawn R.
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Ready In:
2hrs
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In baked pie crust add sliced strawberries.
  • In small saucepan, mix water, sugar, and cornstarch and bring to boil. Boil until mixture is clear and thick, approximately 2 minutes.
  • Remove saucepan from heat and add the strawberry gelatin, stirring until dissolved. Pour this over the strawberries in pie shell. Chill and serve.

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Reviews

  1. Just an FYI from a former Big Boy (Abdow's) Pie Maker - DO NOT add the gel mix to the strawberries until cooled - Also ALWAYS pipe in real whipped cream topping. If you add the boiling gel mix to the strawberries, you will start to cook them - and I imagine it would be very soggy - if you add it once it has cooled, it will be a thicker gel consistency and it will fill in around the strawberries nicely!
     
  2. I remember this as a birthday pie. We had it at Bob's Big Boy in Tucson, AZ in 1971 for my 8th bday. Mom never had the recipe and I found this last year. SOOOOO HAPPY!!!
     
    • Review photo by Alan A.
  3. After reading the previous review I decided to take some steps to hopefully insure a better result. After I cooked the sauce I set the pan aside to cool down. Then I started gently slicing my strawberries into a bowl. After they were all sliced I placed them in the pie crust, then poured the sauce over it and refrigerated. After 1 1/2 hours it wasn't jelled enough so I left it overnight. I had a slice for a late breakfast today and it was wonderful. The crust was completely intact, the sauce had jelled to a nice medium jel as it should be, and the sweetness of the sauce nicely sweetened my tart strawberries so that it was neither too sweet or too tart. It was wonderful. I will make this again, and can't wait to go eat another piece.
     
  4. Made this tonight for my picky sister with no sugar added, just the sweetness of the berries & Jello brand “Simply Good” strawberry jello! Added whipped cream for garnish but my version ended up being about 140-150 calories a slice!! ??
     
    • Review photo by Shawn R.
  5. This recipe was such a find , thank you for posting it. I first tasted Bob's Big Boy strawberry pie in 1965, outside Jacksonville, Illinois on the way home from college. The memory has lived on and was revisited by this wonderful recipe. I served it as dessert this Easter and my brother declared it to be the best pie he ever ate. Exactly how I felt in 1965. I followed the recipe to the letter ( except leaving the berries in thick slices,or whole as I remembered) and it turned out perfectly. This will be a go to recipe from now on.
     
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