Strawberry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 deep-dish baked pie shell
6 c. fresh strawberries
1 c. water
3/4 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch

Preparation

Bake and cook pie shell.
Wash berries; remove hulls.
Crush 1 cup of berries and cook with the 1 cup water for 2 minutes. Drain well with sieve; reserve juice.
Add water if needed to make 1 1/4 cups juice.
Discard cooked berries.
In saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; stir in berry juice.
Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and clear.
Spread a small amount of the glaze mixture (about 1/4 cup) on bottom and sides of pie shell.
Fill pie shell with remaining berries, stem end down. Spoon glaze on all berries.
Chill 3 to 4 hours.
Garnish with whipped cream.