Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie

This Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie is made up of a chocolate pastry shell, layers of reduced strawberries and fresh strawberries, finished with a chocolate ganache.

Chocolate Strawberry Pie Recipe

This recipe is truly a Chocolate Covered Strawberry in pie form! This pie uses a chocolate pastry shell to bind layers of reduced strawberries, fresh strawberries, and rich chocolate ganache; each bite is like poetry. It's a chocolate and strawberry lover's dream, for sure.

Ingredients Needed

• Chocolate Pie Pastry
• Strawberries
• Chocolate
• Cream

Tools Needed

• food processor
• 9″ tart pan
• rolling pin
• baking essentials: pot, whisk, spatula, measuring cups

How to Make Chocolate Strawberry Pie

1. Make the chocolate pastry: Roll out and fully bake chocolate pastry shell, following these instructions.
2. Make strawberry reduction: Cook down half the strawberries until they are thick. Transfer to a container and let cool.
3. Make the chocolate ganache: Heat the cream and pour over the chopped chocolate. Let it sit for about 10 minutes to fully melt the chocolate. This will ensure the smoothest chocolate.
4. Assemble tart: Inside of the baked chocolate pastry, layer the reduced strawberries, half of the chocolate ganache, the fresh strawberries and garnish with additional chocolate ganache on top.
5. Chill the pie for at least 1 hour to set up. Pie should be served within a day.

Time Saving Swaps

Want to make this easier with a few swaps? Swap out the chocolate pie crust for a Chocolate Oreo Crust.

You can also skip making the reduced strawberries and instead, and replace them with buying a good quality strawberry preserves.

Make-Ahead Tips

As with most pies, there are a few steps you need to complete to get to the finished pie. A lot of these components can be broken down into steps and done ahead of time. As always, I encourage you to make the pastry and roll it out ahead of time. The more time you give the gluten to chill out, the better your pie will be.

Make-ahead options:

1. Make the Chocolate Pastry up to 3 days ahead of time, or longer if storing the raw pastry in the freezer.
2. Roll out the pastry up 1 day ahead of time. Roll out the crust and place in a tart pan.
3. Blind bake the pastry. This can be done up to 2 days ahead.
4. Make the reduced strawberries up to 5 days ahead of time.
5. Make the ganache up to 1 week ahead of time, though you'll have to reheat it before you use it.
6. Assemble the pie: The entire pie can be assembled up to 1 day ahead of time.

HOW TO SERVE AND STORE CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY PIE

Serve this pie slightly chilled. It can be served as is or with whipped cream.

This pie can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 day. If stored longer than that, the fresh strawberries will start to give off some moisture, interfering with the chocolate.

If you like this strawberry pie, check out these others:

• Strawberry Cream Pie
• Strawberry and Cherry Slab Pie
• Ginger Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie

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This Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pie is made up of a chocolate pastry shell with layers of reduced strawberries, fresh strawberries and chocolate ganache.

• Author: Kelli Avila
• Prep Time: 00:25
• Cook Time: 00:40
• Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
• Yield: 8-10 Slices
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Easy
• Cuisine: Sweet Pie

Ingredients

• 1 batch of Chocolate Pie Dough
• 2 quarts fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half
• ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
• 1-¼ cup (227g) chopped chocolate or high-quality chocolate chips
• 1 cup (227g) heavy cream

Instructions

1. Roll out and fully bake chocolate pastry shell, following these instructions.
2. Make strawberry reduction: Add half of the strawberries to a large skillet with sugar. Mash berries with a potato masher or a fork until all of the strawberries are broken down. Turn on the heat to medium high and cook, stirring frequently, until the strawberries have reduced by half and thickened, about 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a container and let cool.
3. Make ganache: Place chocolate in a heat proof bowl. In a pot heat heavy cream until bubbling around the edges. Pour cream over chocolate, making sure all the chocolate is submerged. Let sit for 10 minutes. Then whisk together until silky smooth.
4. Assemble tart: Spread the reduced strawberries on the bottom of the fully baked chocolate tart. Pour over half of the chocolate and spread evenly. Arrange the strawberries, cut side down on top of the chocolate ganache. Drizzle chocolate ganache on top of strawberries.
5. Chill the pie for at least 1 hour to set up. Pie should be served within a day.

Notes

1. If you wanted to skip the step of making the strawberry reduction, you can replace it with 1 cup of a high-quality strawberry preserve.
2. There may be some chocolate ganache remaining after garnishing the top of the tart. You can store it for up to 1 week in the refrigerator.

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