Friday, July 11, 2008

Strawberry Cheese Pie

I’ve weakness when I see strawberries. I just can’t resist those red beautiful glistening berries when I walk into the supermarket. It’s like calling out my name when I see them. There are only two of us and I can’t seem to get through my head that I am buying too many of it. When come to strawberries I have no will power ;)

Here is one of my favorite simple recipes. It was a real treat for afternoon tea or a slice after dinner.

Ingredients :

1 9" inch graham cracker pie shell (store bought)
8 oz. low fat cream cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup of slice strawberry (for filling)
1/2 cup sugar
4 Tbs. lemon juice
2 to 4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced (for decoration)
1/4 cup strawberry Jam + 2 tbsp of hot water

1. In a food processor add cream cheese, eggs, sugar and lemon juice. Turn on the machine and let it blend for a few second until mixture is smooth. Turn off the machine and add in the slice strawberry for the filling.
2. Mix well and pour into the pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Cool and refrigerate. Place slice strawberries completely over pie top or around the edges, depending on the amount of strawberries you’re using.
4. Heat up the strawberry jam in the microwave until soft and brush tops of berries until thoroughly glazed.
5. Serve cold.

16 comments:

Retno Prihadana said...

Your Pie look so tempting with strawberries. Yummy!

Little Corner of Mine said...

Oh yummy, I love cheese cake and strawberry so this combo is to die for! Pass me a slice please! :P

Beachlover said...

Oh Gert,2 days ago I was debate what to bake,I even prepare the crust for cheesecake to bake bluerries cheesecake but changed my mind to pie...Your recipe is really easy and the strawberry color is so vibrate!!..going to make your cheesecake only my pie finish.

Zue Murphy said...

Oh! What a beautiful arrangement of the strawberries. They really look yummy!

Penny said...

Beautiful! Looks like a lot of work :) I'm sure it's yummy!

VG said...

I know the feeling Gert. It's so hard to walk pass the supermarket aisle with all the berries starring at you. A work of art, as usual. Yum Yum.

Lia said...

beautiful presentation!

ICook4Fun said...

Retno, thank you.

LCOM, come on over for tea :)

Lesley, I always like anything strawberry :)

Zue, thank you.

Penny, it ok :) Not too much work.

VG, just to let you know I bought another 2 punnets of it :( The only way to stop me it not going to the supermarket or the produce place :) :)

Lia, thank you.

Jun said...

same goes here...i pon giler strawberry...hehe

Anonymous said...

wow... looks sooo good...will try making one soon... thanks for sharing...

ICook4Fun said...

Jun, untuk I bau strawberry pun boleh jadi giler..tak tahu kenapa lah :) :)

Mikky, you are most welcome :)

NorthBorneoGirl said...

I am attempting to do this today .. with a little help from my little girl .. but unfortunately she doesn't like cheesecake :( .. but then more for me hehehe .. but she loves fresh fruit tart tho' .. which unfortunate for her .. mommy doesn't know how to make one :( So dear .. know any simple recipe on how to make fresh fruit tart ? ..hehehe

ICook4Fun said...

Envy, you can always replace the cheese filling with vanilla pudding. First you bake the pie shell and let it cool down, then fill it up with vanilla pudding and then top it up with fresh fruits. Hope your little girl like this one :) I will try to make this and feature it here :)

NorthBorneoGirl said...

Hi dear ;) just to let you know tht I've found your fresh fruit recipe and was very successful with it :) Thanks a bunch!

ICook4Fun said...

Envy, you are most welcome :)

Foodiewife said...

This is exactly what I have been looking for! I live in Driscoll Berry World (sweet and juicy) and I wanted a dessert for Easter Sunday. This is it! Simple and mouth watering. Thank you!