st-RAW-berry pie

hadassah h. made this for a n'shei chabad event, and you bet i made sure to get the recipe!

2c mixed nuts

2c raisins

1c pitted dates

1 small lemon

6c strawberries

chop up nuts in food procesor. not too fine, coarse and crumbly. add the raisins into the spinning food processor so they get ground up with the nuts. firmly press raisin-nut mixture into pie pan/plate, pressing it up the sides. put pan into freezer and continue to prepare. you should have some extra raisin-nut mix, put this to the side.

cut dates in half and check them, and then soak them in about 1c of water for 10 mins.

drain water out from the dates and puree them with 2 c strawberries in food processor. juice one small lemon into puree as processor spins. take pie plate out of freezer and then pour the puree into it. 

halve/check the remaining 4c strawberries and arrange them into the puree. arrange some of them facing up, down, etc, make it creative and pretty. i needed to add more strawberries because my pie plate is a little larger. 

what i ended up doing in pushing the side-crust down flat on top of the strawberries to create a nice crust "border" around the pie plate. i also used some of the remaining raisin-nut mix and pressed some of that along the sides too, to add some extra "border." (see picture i posted on facebook.) i sprinkled coconut shreds along the border for a pretty touch and taste, but it isn't necessary.

i made this on thursday and refrigerated it, which i recommend. all the ingredients get cold and firm! i served it on shabbos day and it was a total hit! the whole thing got eaten up!