(Stupidly Fast) Strawberry Cream Pie

In a hurry? Need an awesome desert? On a budget? This is the desert for you :).

Right So I love pies and these seem to be something my friends from the USA do really well for desert. I fully intend to properly learn how to make both cherry pie and key lime pie and quite a few others. But until then this one will have to do...though I'm not complaining. 

This is one of my throw together deserts for when I'm doing a fancy dinner and can't be bothered to create a fancy desert to go with it. You can make this with any fruit, plum works well for winter, so long as you can find a jam to go with it. I also bought a pasty case (speed and ease is of the essence) but feel free to make your own pastry case. 


What you will need is:

• 10 (or so) Strawberries;
• 1 large tub of Double Cream (a 1/2L or 600ml);
• 1 tbsp Icing Sugar;
• 1 Pastry Case; and
• 1 Jar Strawberry Jam.

Now the easy part :) :

1.   Spread about three or four tablespoons of the jam onto the base of the pastry case. 

2.   Whisk the double cream with the icing sugar until you get thick whipped cream with peaks that stand up on their own.

3.   Then stir through (gently) two or three tbsp of jam into the cream. 

4.   Spread the the strawberry cream mix over the jam in the pastry case.

5.   Cut the strawberries in half and decorate the top of the pie with them. Add a sprig of mint for garnish if you like.

6.   Serve and enjoy :) this goes well after spicy food.