Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

By newbaucher

My niece tasted this pie at a family dinner and urged me to enter it in our hometown pie contest. She said it would win the Grand Prize, and she was right! I cook at our local nursing home,, and everyone enjoys this recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 Tbls cornstarch
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sliced rhubarb
• ½ of a 3-oz package strawberry-flavored gelatin
• 2 pints fresh strawberries, halved
• 1 pastry shell (9 in), baked

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium saucepan, mix cornstarch and sugar. Stir in water until smooth. Add rhubarb; cook and stir until clear and thickened. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Cool. Pour about half of rhubarb sauce into pastry shell. Arrange berries over sauce; top with remaining sauce. Refrigerate 3-4 hours.