Yes, I'm still chomping at the bit to make a fresh fruit pie. I promised myself I would wait for fruit to be in season, but it's been a long winter.
I found this recipe for White Chocolate Strawberry pie on Tasty Kitchen. Even though strawberries aren't in season yet, I decided to give it a go. It also amused me because the recipe uses Cool Whip- something I don't think I've ever bought before. I'm totally confounding the people who try to find patterns off my Stop & Shop loyalty card, cause this project is making me buy some weird stuff.
The pie was super easy to make, except for one step. Melting white chocolate. I usually melt regular chocolate chips in the microwave and the recipe recommends the same. But white chocolate doesn't melt the same way and both times I tried to melt the chips they got sort of pasty. I ended up using the melted chips anyway so I had a few "pieces" in the pie, but that was OK.
In fact, both my husband and my older daughter thought the pie was "awesome". Definitely one to make again- and probably a good one for Valentines' Day with the bright red strawberries on top. (I forgot to take a picture of the pie before it was eaten!)
White Chocolate Strawberry Pie
Adapted from a recipe by Caprice at The Home Heart
Link to the recipe
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
12 oz cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups Cool Whip
1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
Dash of salt
1 prebaked graham cracker crust
1 lb strawberries, sliced (I used less, but enough to completely cover the pie)
Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and then keep microwaving in 30 second increments until completely melted.
Mix cream cheese until smooth. Then add the powdered sugar until well combined.
Add the Cool Whip, orange juice, salt and melted white chocolate. Mix until everything is smooth (except for a few white chocolate lumps :)
Spoon the mixture into the prebaked graham cracker crust.
Top with the sliced strawberries.
Note, the recipe calls for an additional 3 tablespoons of white chocolate chips to be melted and poured as a glaze on top. I skipped this step because I had trouble with the chips and the pie was still delicious!
Chill for one hour and then enjoy!
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