This pie was made on one of those dusty summer days.
The kind of day where you wake up sleeping crazy diagonal in your bed with three pillows and a cat on your headโฆ when the snooze button is more essential than luxurious.
The kind of day thatโs cloudy coldโฆ making you think that summer might be in its early farewells. The kind of day that requires a second and a half cup of coffee, a scarf until noon, and a phone call with your sister. The kind of day that feels somehow both unexpected and tender, in between sleep and dreams.
This pie was made on the kind of day that required a jolt of sunshine flavors and warm spices. This pie tastes exactly like what it feels like to hear someone you love call your name. Thatโฆ with a touch of ginger.
I made this pie gluten-free because Iโm absolutely smitten with Cup4Cup flour. Remember a few months back I visited my friends at The French Laundry, traipsed around, and made a quiche? Iโve been bonkers about this gluten-free flour ever since. Itโs a straight substitution for all-purpose flour in my regular all-butter pie crust recipeโฆ except I add an egg for extra binding.
Weโre double crusting.
These disks are individually wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated. Chilling and resting allows the moisture to distribute and the ingredients to settle, making the dough easier to roll out come pie time.
This pie filling is a glorious mixture of summer and autumn. Where bigfatfresh strawberries meet a bit of cold weather spice. Freshly grated ginger feels like hot spice and imagination, while nutmeg grounds the pie flavors on earth.
There is great comfort in rolling out a pie dough.
And filling it with beautiful flavors.
And sealing it up tightly (though haphazardly).
And as if this creature hasnโt received enough attention, I brush it with egg and sprinkle it generously with sugar.
Ready for the oven!
This pie is summer and spice. Itโs a sweet kick in the pants. Itโs juicy like whaaaaat!? I love the combination of sweet strawberries and fresh, spicy ginger. Incidentally, I peeled the ginger root and grated it on the small setting of my box grater. I used about 2 teaspoonsโฆ. obviously, the more the ginger, the spicier the pie.
This happy pie was made using Cup4Cup Gluten-Free Flour. But should you want to make a gluten-filled crust, try this Double Crusted Pie Dough recipe.
xox!
Gluten-Free Strawberry Ginger Pie
makes 1 9-inch pie
For the Crust:
3 cups Cup4Cup Gluten-Free Flour, plus more for rolling out
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
1 large egg
1/2 cup cold buttermilk
For the Filling:
5 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced in half
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
pinch of salt
heaping 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (I peeled the ginger and used the small end of a box grater to grate fine.)
1 large egg, beaten and granulated sugar for topping the unbaked pie
To make the Crust:
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. Add cold, cubed butter and, using your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture. Quickly break the butter down into the flour mixture, some butter pieces will be the size of oat flakes, some will be the size of peas. In a small bowl, stir together the egg and buttermilk. Create a well in the butter and flour mixture and pour in the liquid mixture. Use a fork to bring to dough together. Try to moisten all of the flour bits. On a lightly floured work surface, dump out the dough mixture. It will be moist and shaggy. Sprinkle generously with flour. Thatโs perfect. Shape dough into two disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Allow dough to rest in the fridge for 1 hour. Dough is easiest to roll out when itโs cold and rested.
To make the Filling:
Toss together strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, salt, nutmeg, and ginger. Toss until all ingredients are well coated. Allow mixture to rest in the fridge while you roll out the pie crust.
To assemble to Pie:
Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
When youโre ready to roll out the crust, on a well-floured work surface, gently roll out the pie crust into about an 11-inch circle. Press together any spots that might tear. Carefully lift down and place into the 9-inch pie plate. Use a pairing knife to trim the edges of pie dough, leaving about 1/2 inch extra dough overhang. Fill pie plate with strawberry filling. Brush edges of the pie dough with a bit of water. Repeat the dough rolling process and carefully place second crust on top of filled pie dough. Trim edges to 1/2-inch overhang. Fold the excess dough under and crimp with fingers, pressing together.
124 Responses
This looks amazing! Beautiful crust, delicious fillings. Yum!
Joy, we love your recipes! But we recently tried this pie, and love the filling, but the crust did not bake. Even after leaving it in the oven and extra 30 minutes, the dough was still mostly raw. We used a different crust recipe, a gluten inclusive one from Smitten Kitchen (https://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/11/pie-crust-102-all-butter-really-flaky-pie-dough/), which we have had success with before. We even used a pie bird to help with the moisture. Any thoughts? Should we have prebaked the crust?
Made this for Pi day! With my normal gluten-ful crust. I have to admit I babied out and only added 1 tsp of gingerโฆbig mistake! I could sort of taste it, but wanted more for sure. Such a lovely cut to the sweetness of the sugar and the strawberries. Thank you so much for your work.
Hello Joy,
I found your blog recently, like two weeks ago and since then I baked (or tried) your recepees twice already. I love it, always warms my soul, catches my eyes and interests my tummee.
There is only one thing I sincerely hate in general for most of the internet and cookbook recepees ever created in the wast world and that is the measurments.
You live in USA, I am from Europe and now you will see the problem: how big is your โbutter stickโ? Our usual sticks come in 250g. So if you write two sticks, should I use half a kilo of butter for this pie? 0__0 and experimenting and throwing away half a kilo of butter is wasteful and definitely stealing the joy of baking away.
Another question: How big is your cup? (Comparing for example flour to egg/milk) Would the result be same if I used my usual half a litre cup to one egg? How many grams of flour is your cup?
Do you have somewhere on your page comaparement tables with cups to grams/ml? I must admit I did not find any. Would it be possible to share the recepees in several measurement systems, please?
Thank you for your answer.
MBS
How can I adapt the pie crust recipe to not use buttermilk? my gluten-free friend is also dairy free, though butter is ok.
So much goodness. Now Iโm hungry for strawberries
Joy, do you think you could use this crust as a substitute in some of your other recipes? Also, can the crust be frozen?
Hi! This pie looks amazing and I want to make it in a couple days for Thanksgiving, as my best friend has a gluten allergy, but I donโt want her be left out of the dessert festivities. I donโt have time to order this amazing gluten free flour (cup4cup) in time for Thanksgiving. Do you have an idea for a gluten free substitute to make the crust for this pie, that I can buy easily and quickly at the grocery store?
Hi Joy! Iโm allergic to dairy. Can I use coconut milk instead of buttermilk in this recipe? This looks wonderful and Iโm going to make it soon!
Just catching up. Wonderful pie. I could kick myself for being in the states all summer and not ordering that cup4cup. Iโm anxious to try it. Iโve been trying some GF flours and canโt seem to shake the gritโฆ maybe heavy on the garbanzo bean flour. Next try โ Christmas.
youโre pictures are amazing! i love the floral cloth napkin- so pretty and girly and fun. the pie looks amazing too! love that it is gluten free
I have chosen this recipe to be the first recipe that christens my oven when it gets fixed (next Friday!!). Iโm super excited!!
Ah, but I have never seen cup4cup gluten free flour. Iโd love to try it, but locally it is Bobs, King Arthur and Arrowwood mill (I think). It is always a plus when a gluten free flour doesnโt require other substitutions for a recipe to work.
Hi joy,
I noticed there is a lemon in one of your pics. Did you use any lemon juice for the filling? Also, am I able to make that same pie crust using 3c of regular flour instead of gluten free? (not sure if that matters)
Thanks!
youโre so right! fixed!
ommmgosh i LOVE anything with ginger in it! Iโve never had the ginger + strawberry combo before, but it sounds amazeballs! props to you for creating a flavor masterpiece in this pie! *drool*
Joy, love your blog which I just discovered awhile back. Iโve tried several of your recipes including some I tested for Leiteโs Culinary website, your Bourbon Banana bread (heavenly or sinfuly good not sure which), and Chili Cheese Fries (ingenious). Iโm also in love with the Blue Cheese Biscuit Tomato Cobbler and Sweet Corn Hash. I have so many more recipes on your blog marked to try. Now I also have your cookbook, thanks to winning one from The Inspired Dish Blog. I want to thank you so much for autographing it personally to me. That means so much that you took time to do that before mailing it off to me.
xoxo back to you
Joan
Itโs been so long since thereโs been a cool day here, I feel like someone may have broken the thermostat outside ;) But youโre so right โ when damp and chilly, all I really want is a comforting slice of homemade pie. And this one really sounds amazing with the combination of ginger and strawberries โ so intriguingโฆ
Iโve never used gluten-free flour, but Iโve wondered how well it worked and now I have the answer! Thanks so much for sharing and Iโm featuring this post in todayโs Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and always so much fun to drop by your blog for inspirationโฆ
Lovely. Crust looks wonderful. Never tried ginger pie. Thanks for sharing this amazing idea.
โThis pie tastes exactly like what it feels like to hear someone you love call your name.โ
Best. description. ever.
Could I want this any more?
Ohmygoodness Joy!!! How do you always top yourself!? I used to just avoid making things for gluten-free peeps, but you have so much good stuff, itโs not a problem anymore! BTW, you gotta come check out the creamy butterscotch popsicle dipped in Fritos that I just reviewed here in LA! Itโs. The. JAM. :)
This pie looks jalicious!!. Totally made that word up but it seems quite appropriate, All my dayโs require a second and a half cup coffeeโฆsome a whole French press
All I can say is, my mouth is watering! Just the site of those bright, juicy strawberry slices makes me hungryโฆ!
YAY gluten free!! that looks totally irresistible!! yum!
I totally agree with sarah h b. Gluten-free foods are no healthier for you, are often higher in fat and calories, and usually taste worse! Itโs nice that youโre posting recipes for the unfortunate few, but I wish you would spread the word that gluten-free foods are for people with allergies! The food industry is marketing it as a healthy trend when it is certainly not.
did i say that this was a healthy alternative? itโs pie for goodness sake! i took it to a party where several people had gluten allergies and i wanted the dessert to be friendly and delicious for all. gluten free foods are for anyone who chooses to eat that way. praise god we all have choices!
Preach, gurl!
Wait, pie isnโt healthy?!
P.S. I love when my friends consider my gluten allergy in bringing dessert. Makes me feel like royalty. With this pie, Iโm sure your friends felt the same.
Pie looks awesome! I am sort of a hater of gluten-free baked goods. I totally am into it if someone actually does have a gluten allergy. But being a baker I am constantly asked for gluten-free goodsโwhen they donโt even have a gluten allergy! I just donโt understand. I LOVE GLUTEN. Why keep yourself from amazing baked goods if you donโt have an allergy. Okay sorry for my rantโฆ.your pie actually makes me think that I should try this C2C thing. But I think Ill make it with my non-gluten free crust for now.
i love how rolling out pie dough is methodical and soothing for you. i feel the same about making cookie dough. although i typically end up eating far too much raw dough and wind up feeling ill โ decidedly not soothing. but i dig it! and i dig YOU!
Yowsa, that looks good!
If it werenโt so dang hot here, Iโd fire up the old oven and make oneโฆ
maybe next week, itโs supposed to cool down a little
lovely! iโm not GF but i have been really curious about cup4cup. how does it taste as a pie crust? any detectable differences vs. wheat flour?
i have spent 80$ on cherries in the last week in hopes of perfecting cherry pie. the crust. THE CRUST IS SO HORRIBLE. it tastes good but it is so ugly โ sad, sagging and patch-worked lattice. your crusts are so gorgeous!! i would like to attempt this strawberry pie but will wait patiently for you to give a crust tutorial! Thank you, have followed and enjoyed your blog for years!
I am going to agree with Lisa. You are one inspiring lady.
And thank you for sharing more and more gluten-free recipes. It is so wonderful to see food I can eat without modification on popular sites.
Keep up the awesome work!
Joy, I love you. You truly are an inspiration, no jealousy & dislike here ;) Now, time to make a pie!
Thanks for the C4C tip!
I love your pie crimping skills. And the tip about an egg for extra binding in GF flour mixes is great
Amazing! This website is my new addiction :)
So beautiful with the egg wash and sugar on top. Love ginger with any fruit. Great job!
I love ginger and strawberry together!
YAY! for another gluten-free recipe! Thanks Joy! I appreciate you baking gluten-free even though you donโt have to :)
too early for talk of autumn flavors, Joy!
So feeling the Cup4Cup love! Joy Iโm always on your blog, as you would say Iโm totally smitten as well.
nice pie crimping! hopefully you had some dough leftover for dumplingsโฆ
xo!
What an absolutely PERFECT pie, Joy! Wow โ itโs just beautiful and I bet the ginger is just scrumptious with the berries!
Why have I never had ginger in a fruit pie? This is clearly a big mistake on my part! :)
ginger adds such a nice flavor layer!
Strawberry pies are my favoriteโฆI really like the gluten-free option youโre giving with this recipe
This pie just feels like it would suit any season for me with a latte in autumn, a hot chocolate in winter, a fruit tea in spring and a lemonade in the summer. Love it!
I know the kind of day that you are talking about in the beginning of your post! That day for me is usually Wednesday though (hump day) and this pie would definitely get me over that hump!
Must try this recipe!
youโre right! this is totally a versatile pie situation.
That sounds delicious. And looks beautifulโฆ.I love a well-browned pie crust.
This pie is exactly what my day needs!
looks delicious!
xo, cheyenne
This is a totally acceptable dinner, right? Right.
pie dinner!
How do you get your pie crust to look so perfect!? This looks heavenlyโฆ :)
Love how you captured these lazy summer mornings, so perfectly.
โWhere the snooze button is essential versus luxurious.โ
So damn true.
Iโm a bit of a skeptic about delicious baking with gluten free flour, but my friend CJ has been ragging on me to make her a pie thatโs Gluten free for months, so perhaps this will be just the kick in the butt needed.
Because if Joy the Baker says it can be doneโฆthan it must be so, right?
it totally can be done!
This looks so good!
your crust makes it look so professional. must try this trick. I hope I get strawberries in my CSA soon so I can make this!
This pie looks downright lovely. I have NEVER made my own pie dough, but I think I might give your recipe a whirl!
Beautiful! I have never thought about ginger strawberry pie until now, and I know I am grateful for it. I love ginger spice with sweet!
Your post is especially poetic this morning. This is the reason I want to learn to make pie. I want to just make this and give it to people I love! Thanks for a great post.
The pie looks gorgeous. It looks like something a little grandma would make! Itโs perfect :)
Joy, I love to make strawberry rhubarb pie, but I always had the issue of my pie weeping when it was cut. A friend recommended using tapioca starch instead of cornstarch in the filling. Turns out, the acids in the fruit bread down the corn starch, but lets the tapioca be. No more sad fruit pies.
what a great suggestion! iโm totally ok with a weepy fruit pie, but iโll definitely give this a try! thanks!
your strawberries could not look more gorgeous. what the heck girl. love it.
This looks so good. I now want to make some sort of quick bread with ginger and strawberryโฆmaybe some brown butter. Oh, you have the wheels spinning, Joy! Love to you!
Nice to see iโm not the only one leaning towards fall with my baking flavors. Your pie looks beautiful Joy! Oh and i made your peach cobbler scones the other day, they were totes bonk!
I wish there were more pie in Oklahoma. Itโs just not a โthingโ the way it is in New England and elsewhere. Unfortunately, it doesnโt feel like summer is coming to a close here. The inferno continues at 110 today. Iโd give anything to be on the coast โ any coast, with sunglasses, a bubbly drink and my feet in the sea. P.S. Beautiful writing today, Joy :)
stunning! and i love that linen in the final pic.
my sister and i just made a little animated movie about how our deranged blogger minds work. check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siPWUnISpaY&feature=plcp
now that itโs cherry season, try cherry/ginger for both sweet, tart, and gingery-ness.
sounds goooood!
So THIS is where all my strawberries are going to end up!! Perfect! :D
Oh how I do enjoy my glutensโฆ lol. My husband loves strawberry pies, but they always come out too sweet for him โ I think this is the perfect answer! Thanks Joy and thanks for reminding me I needed to call my sister.
Sounds delish! I am obsessed with making pie this summer, and your pie crust recipe is one of my faves!
Have you tried making a crust from coconut flour? Iโve been playing around with that lately and have yet to make a pie crust.
This pie looks delicious.
I have! well itโs a coconut flour blend- Gluten Free Mamaโs Rice Almond Blend Flour https://www.glutenfreemama.com/index.htm
It also makes lovely cakes =)
This is just the inspiration I needed! Thank you!
Can I have a piece now, please?!?
Ahah, know this kind of days. Looks terrific!
There isnโt anything more comforting than warm pie and I can tell that this just hit the spot for you! Its a great pie to enjoy summer and slowly ease into fall.
Hi Joy! Where can one find this Cup4Cup flour? Online? Thanks for the recipe and the help!
I love those type of days โ my favorite actually. They are just asking for a baked good, and this pie totally delivers.
Just wanted you to know that I love your storytelling prowess almost as much as I love your food.
Weโve been having a few days like that here in Philly โ a welcome relief from the scorchers a few weeks ago. Lovely pie! I always knew pies were slightly superior to the average cake :)
Lady- you make a stunning pie crust and downright gorgeous pie. Youโre motivating me to work on my pie skills :). xx
Strawberry pies are one of my favourites, and the strawberry ginger combo sounds like a definite winner. Though I canโt really think about autumn just yet. Not yet.
This makes me hungry. Yum.
My gluten-free sister adores pie and I donโt think she has had it in over 2 yearsโฆ I need to make this for her!
Iโm anxiously awaiting autumn as Iโm not a huge fan of summer but, this pie makes me want fall to hold of just a bit longer so I can get me some juicy strawberries. Beautiful!
What a beautiful pie full of strawberry love. Iโm totally making this for my honey.
Here is still too hot for baking, but my dreams are filled with sugar crusted pies and warm strawberriesโฆ
Love the idea of strawberries with ginger! The crust is gorgeous โ thanks for the gluten free recipe.
OMG JOY!!!!!!! Thatโs one of the most gorgeus pie iโve ever seen!!! Itโs too bad you donโt capture a photo or two of the pie slice(s), i bet it will be much more mouth-watering. Iโm definetely going to try this.
Strawberries and ginger-I love it. Ginger is so nice and warming.
My THAT crazy morning is when I get up and there three pillows and two kids pushing me at the side of the bedโฆ
Anyways, the images look great, going gluten free is excellent, would love to try it. One thing I need to ask is can I made it with either lychee or mangoes
Such a beautiful pie although I canโt believe weโre already talking about Autumn. I feel like summer has only just begun!
Thanks for making gluten free pie! It looks so delicious and perfect for a rainy day like weโre having here in London. Canโt wait to try. :)
That looks heavenly! I love the way the sides are tucked in. It reminds me of a Christmas pie; must be the red peeking out. Yum!
yumssss.. looks absolutely delish!