It’s strawberry season here in Kentucky, and nothing says “spring on the farm” like a pie bursting with fresh-picked berries. This Strawberry Cream Pie is one of our favorites—made with a flaky homemade crust, a silky vanilla custard, and a generous topping of sweet strawberries. It’s simple, beautiful, and perfect for porch sittin’ and pie eatin’.

Strawberry Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 1 baked (9 inch) pie crust…Get our super easy one, here.
• 2 cups whole milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 TBSP butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

• 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 2 TBSP cornstarch
• whipped cream (optional)

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine sugar, flour and salt in a saucepan. Gradually stir in the milk.
• Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cook 2 additional minutes, then remove from heat.
• Place egg yolks in a bowl. Whisk in a small amount of the warm milk mixture to temper. Then gradually whisk the eggs into the saucepan.
• Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and butter.
• Pour pastry cream into pie crust.
• Bake 15 minutes. Let cool.
• Make the topping: In a small saucepan, combine the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. Stir until the strawberries have released their juices. Crush the strawberries with a spoon. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute and remove from heat.
• Once cooled, top custard pie with strawberries.
• Chill at least 4 hours before serving.

If you are feeling fancy, pipe whipped cream around the edges of the pie.

To store: keep pie refrigerated 1-2 days.

Here at Nicura Ranch, the only thing sweeter than this pie might be the way Ginger and Cinnamon eye growing berries like an all you can eat buffet. Between the strawberries and wild blackberries, they have quite a feast.

We hope you enjoy this pie and plan to visit our farm, soon.