Gluten-Free Strawberry Cream Pie
- Prep Time:
- 20 min
- Cooking Time:
- 20 min
- Serves:
- 9-inch pie
Ingredients
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup sweet sorghum flour
3 Tbsp. coconut sugar or granulated sugar
1/3 cup cold salted butter
2 - 3 Tbsp. Ice water
CUSTARD CREAM
2 3/4 cups full-fat milk
2/3 cup coconut sugar or granulated sugar
1/4 cup tapioca flour/starch
2 large eggs, whisked
2 tsp. Pure vanilla extract
3 Tbsp. Salted butter
1 lb. strawberries, thinly sliced, preferably organic (if using conventional strawberries, soak them in a solution made of 4 parts water with 1 part vinegar for 20 minutes to remove topical pesticides, then rinse thoroughly and dry with paper towels, then slice)
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F
- For the crust; using a food processor, combine almond flour, brown rice flour, sweet sorghum flour, and coconut sugar. Add butter and pulse until blended, the butter should be about the size of small peas. Add ice water one tablespoon at a time and pulse until the mixture is moist and should stick together if you pinch it. I used 3 tablespoons
- Press the mixture into a 9-inch pie dish including along the sides and place in the freezer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, bake for 15 - 18 minutes until the edges start to brown
- For the custard cream; While the crust is baking, using a large non-stick saucepan, whisk together milk, coconut sugar and tapioca until smooth. Cook while stirring over medium-high heat until thickened
- In a small bowl mix eggs and vanilla. Stir about a half a cup of hot custard into the eggs and return the egg mixture back to the saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil and cook for 1 minute while stirring. Remove from the heat and stir in butter until melted. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes
- Spread half of the custard into the crust. Arrange strawberry slices starting from the middle over the custard. Save some strawberry slices for garnish. Pour remaining custard over the strawberries. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight
- Just before serving, spread the pie with whipped cream and garnish with fresh strawberries


Comments
nina
washing fruits and veges does NOT remove pesticides. It would be good to refrain from recommendations that are misleading. 98% of the pesticides used today are systemic - meaning they are dispersed WITHIN the plant and cannot be removed.
you are right, but it does remove topical pesticides
Donna
Can I use almond milk with this recipe and leave out the piecrust?
Donna, almond milk will work. However, the pie crust holds the pie together.