Tropical Strawberry Food

TROPICAL STRAWBERRY CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Crush 26 wafers; mix with butter until blended. Press onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate. Stand remaining wafers around edge of pie plate.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP and pineapple; spread over crust.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice; stir until melted. Stir in strawberries. Refrigerate 5 min. or until slightly thickened; spoon over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Top with remaining COOL WHIP.

TROPICAL STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

TROPICAL STRAWBERRY TEA

Steps:

• Over ice in tall glass, mix tea, concentrate and juice.
• Mix in strawberries.
• Garnish glass with strawberry and lime wheel.
• Serve with straw and spoon.

TROPICAL STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Coconut Cream : In a saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. In a bowl, mix milk, coconut milk and egg yolks. Pour this mixture in the saucepan. Cook at medium heat, always stirring, 12 to 15 minutes. Keep cooking at medium-high heat, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes or until the mixture has thicken enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
• In a fine strainer on a large bowl, strain the cream. Add vanilla. Cover directly the surface of the cream with a plastic wrap. Let cool for 15 minutes at room temperature.
• In a food processor or blender, chop finely 1 cup of strawberries. In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Add chopped strawberries and water and stir. Cook at medium heat, stirring from time to time, for about 5 minutes or until it's bubbling. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix coconut cream and pineapple. Spread uniformly this mixture on the pie crust. Cut the remaining strawberries in half. Beginning by the outside, put the strawberries in 2 or 3 rows on the pineapple mixture. Cover the pie with the cold strawberry mixture. Cover with plastic wrap, without stretching, and put in the fridge for about 3 hours or until the garnish is firm. When ready to serve, garnish each serving with whipped cream and coconut flakes.

TROPICAL STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Place 1 cup strawberries in a food processor or blender.
• Cover and process until finely chopped.
• In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.
• Stir in blended berries and water.
• Cook and stir till bubbly.
• Cool.
• Prepare pudding as directed on package using 1 1/2 cups milk.
• Stir in drained pineapple.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Halve the remaining berries and arrange over filling in 2-3 rows around the outer edge or pie.
• Top pie with thickened strwaberry mixture.
• Loosely cover and chill in refrigerator for 3 hours until firm.
• Top each serving with whipped cream and coconut.