Day 3

Strawberry-Lovers Pie

For the record, I will never disclose how much of this pie I ate!

I feel a better name for this pie would be Chocolate-Covered Strawberries meet no-bake cheesecake.  By now, you should have a beautiful vision in your head.  This recipe came from Taste of Home's The Complete Guide to Country Cooking cookbook.  I saw this book at a friend's house and went home and ordered it on Amazon the next day, that is not usually something I do, but I LOVED this book.

3 squares semisweet choc, divided (I just used semi-sweet choc chips, because that is what I had)

1 T butter

1 pastry shell, baked

6 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 c sour cream

3 T sugar

1/2 t vanilla

3-4 c fresh strawberries, washed and hulled

1/3 c strawberry jam melted

Melt two squares of choc with the butter; brush over the bottom and up the sides of a pastry shell.  Chill.  Beat cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.  Spread over choc layer, cover and chill for 2 hours.  Arrange strawberries, tip ends up, over filling.  Brush jam over all.  Store leftovers in the fridge.