French Strawberry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cooled (9-inch) baked pie shell
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 qt. fresh strawberries
1 c. granulated sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 c. Cool Whip

Preparation

Spread cream cheese, blended with sufficient cream to soften it) over bottom of cooled, baked pie shell.
Wash berries, hull them and drain well. Place half the berries (the choicest ones) in the cheese coated pie shell.
Mash and strain remaining berries until
juice is well extracted. Bring juice to boiling point and slowly stir in sugar and cornstarch which have been mixed together.
Cook slowly for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Cool and spread over uncooked berries in pie shell. Place pie in refrigerator until very cold.
Decorate with Cool Whip just before serving and top with strawberries.