strawberry creme brulee pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 12 large strawberries, hulled and halved
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 5 hrs 35 mins


• toss strawberries with brown sugar in a bowl and let stand while you complete remaining steps, about 30 minutes.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• whisk flour, 1 tablespoon white sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl until thoroughly combined. cut butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs, and drizzle in milk. mix just until the dough holds together. turn dough out a floured surface and roll out into a 10-inch circle. fit dough into a 9-inch pie dish. prick the dough several times on the bottom and sides; fill with dry beans or pie weights.
• bake the crust in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. remove crust and let cool.
• bring cream just barely to a simmer in a saucepan over low heat. whisk egg yolks thoroughly in a bowl with 1/4 teaspoon salt and add about 1 tablespoon of the hot cream to the beaten yolks, whisking constantly. continue to add and whisk hot cream into the yolks until about 2/3 cup of cream has been added, then whisk the yolk mixture into the remaining hot cream in the saucepan, pouring it in a thin stream. continue whisking until cream mixture is thick and smooth, about 5 more minutes; do not let boil or custard will curdle. remove custard from heat and let stand until it reaches room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• drain juice from strawberries and layer them into the bottom of the baked pie shell. spread cream custard over the berries; refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
• set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• sprinkle 1/4 cup white sugar evenly over top of pie and broil until the sugar is browned, about 5 minutes. let pie stand 5 minutes for sugar topping to cool before serving.