Strawberry Cream Pie

This is a quick and easy pie to make, for your convenience you can use fresh or frozen strawberries and already made oreo crumb crusts. what could be easier...topped with a nice drizzle of your favourite chocolate sauce....yummy!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups  chocolate cookie crumbs
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted (*may substitute premade chocolate crumb crust)
• 1  pint strawberry, fresh (or frozen)
• 6  tablespoons sugar, white
• 2  egg whites
• 1  cup  whipping cream
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 cup  chocolate syrup
• 8  strawberries, sliced (garnish)

Directions

1. Combine cookie crumbs and melted butter. Press into a 8" pie plate and put in freezer.
2. Wash, hull and puree pint of strawberries with 2 tbsp sugar and reserve.
3. Beat egg whites with remaining 4 tbsps of sugar until stiff. Refrigerate.
4. Whip the cream with vanilla extract until smooth and creamy, removing 1/2 cup for garnish.
5. Fold the strawberry puree and egg whites into the whipping cream.
6. Pour into prepared crust and freeze until hard.
7. Just before serving decorate top of frozen pie with the reserved whipped cream and sliced strawberries, then drizzle with chocolate sauce and enjoy.