Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries!

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 sheets puff pastry
• 3 -4 lbs strawberries (fresh)
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus 3 tbsp sugar divided (more to taste if necessary)
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch (more if you would like less juice)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 brush a 9x13 inch pan with pan release, professional pan coating (better than pam spray!) or spray with pam. (if you decide to roll out the puff pastry skip this step).
• 2 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 3 line bottom of pan with puff pastry including part way up the sides-overlapping pieces as necessary.
• 4 place pan in oven to pre-bake until it is puffy (this will help the bottom from being soggy when top is done).
• 5 hull and slice strawberries into a bowl large enough to mix with other ingredients.
• 6 mix sugar with cornstarch and sprinkle over strawberries.
• 7 sprinkle lemon juice over strawberries.
• 8 using a potato masher--lightly mash strawberries, leaving some of the berries in slices.
• 9 spread evenly over puff pastry.
• 10 cover berries with remainder of puff pastry placing edges close together or overlapping. you will have leftovers of the pastry.
• 11 mix 3 tbsp sugar and cinnamon.
• 12 moisten puff pastry with water and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
• 13 bake 15 minutes at 450 then turn oven down to 350 and continue to bake until top is golden brown approximately 50 minutes.
• 14 allow to cool. serve warm with ice cream or chill and serve plain or with creme fraiche.