Strawberry Pie

I remember the first time I baked this pie. I was in US for 1 year, thinking of what I could eat for dessert if I had a bakery nearby ( a french from France bakery of course)... but just "dreaming"wasn't enough, I really needed to have a strawberry pie ! And here I am :

Ingredients : (6 servings)

- 1lb strawberries (500g)

- 1 handful of unsalted pistachios for decorating

For the pie crust (pâte sablée) :

- 2 egg yolks

- 1/4 cup sugar (70g)

- 1,5 oz water (5cl)

- 1,3/4 cup all purpose flour (250g)

- 9 tbsp butter, melted (125g)

For the vanilla custard :

- 1,1/8 cup milk (1/4l)

- 1 vanilla bean

- 1 egg

- 1/8 cup sugar (40g)

- 1/4 cup flour (30g) 

Prep : 20 min
Cook : 30 min
Rest : 1 h

1) The pie crust : 
Preheat oven 350F (180C)
Stir together the egg yolks and sugar, pour the water and mix.
Add the flour and melted butter. Work with your hands to obtain a consistent dough. Form a ball.
On a floured surface roll out the dough. Transfer to greased round baking pan (or 6 small).
Oven 20 minutes.

2) The vanilla custard :
Split the vanilla bean in half, lengthwise, to expose the tar-like seeds inside the pod. Scrape the seeds loose with a knife
In a pan, bring the milk and the grated vanilla bean and the seeds to a boil.
In a medium bowl mix the egg and the sugar until well combine. Add the flour and mix again.
Pour the hot milk onto the egg mixture and beat.
Pour again in the pan and heat stirring until boiling. Remove from heat. The vanilla custard should thicken.  Through away the vanilla bean.

Put the custard onto the prepared crust and let it totally cool down.
Decorate with the strawberries (I cut 3 slices in each fruit). And sparkle with pistachios.
Refrigerate at least 2h.

Bon apetit !