Red, White, and Blueberry Pie

By HoneyB

Quick, easy, and delicious pie to serve for the 4th of July!

Ingredients

• Pie crust for 1 crust pie
• 1 quart fresh strawberries, divided
• 4 squares(1 ounce each)white chocolate for baking
• 1 package(8 ounces)reduced-fat cream cheese(Neufchatel),softened
• 3/4 cup cold milk
• 1 package(3.3 ounces)white chocolate instant pudding and pie filling
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 cup thawed, frozen light whipped topping

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from shelbymaelawstories.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Prepare piecrust (use homemade or prebought)
2. Rinse strawberries and pat dry on paper towels. Select eight uniformly sized strawberries for dipping; cut in half through stem ends using Paring Knife. Set aside. Hull remaining strawberries;
3. Melt white chocolate in Small Microwaveable bowl, uncovered, on HIGH 1 minute, stirring every 10 seconds, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Do not overheat. Dip strawberry halves in melted chocolate; place on a sheet of Parchment Paper, cut side down. Refrigerate 15 minutes or until set.
4. Spread remaining melted chocolate over bottom of prepared pie crust, spreading evenly to coat entire bottom and sides of crust. Layer sliced strawberries over bottom of crust.
5. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk until well blended. Add pudding mix; whisk until mixture begins to thicken. Spread mixture evenly over strawberries using Classic Scraper.
6. Arrange blueberries evenly over top of pie filling. Using decorator, pipe topping evenly around edge of pie. Place dipped strawberry halves on whipped topping border. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Yield: 8 servings