Berry Lover's Delight Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups blueberries fresh
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch 
• 10 tablespoons granulated sugar 
• 1 box pie crust dough refrigerated softened pillsbury®
• 3 cups strawberries fresh hulled halved
• 4 tablespoons water 
• 4 oz chocolate white

Equipment

• frying pan
• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• oven
• double boiler
• stove
• microwave

Directions

1. Heat oven to 450°F. Unroll 1 pie crust in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press crust against side and bottom. Prick bottom and side of crust with fork.
2. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely; about 35 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, cut out small heart shapes from second pie crust.
4. Bake them on a cookie sheet for about 5 minutes or until golden brown; cool. Dust with powdered sugar. Set aside.
5. Slice a few chocolate curls or shavings from side of white chocolate bar; set aside for decoration.
6. Melt the rest of the bar in a double boiler on stovetop or in microwave on Medium 1 to 2 minutes or until it stirs smooth; spread in the bottom of the cooled pie crust. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
7. Place a 3 1/2-inch biscuit cutter in the center of the pie shell and surround with 2 cups halved strawberries. Fill the center with blueberries (about 1 cup) up to strawberry level.
8. Place remaining strawberries in 2-quart saucepan with 5 tablespoons of the granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon of the water.
9. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Crush strawberries. Strain the juice from the strawberries, and put about 2/3 cup of the juice back in the pan.
10. Mix together 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water.
11. Add the cornstarch mixture to the strawberry juice mixture. Cook over low heat about 4 minutes or until thickened. Spoon over strawberries and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
12. Meanwhile, clean out the saucepan; add remaining blueberries, 5 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon water.
13. Heat to boiling, and crush blueberries. Using the same procedure as with the strawberries, strain and return to pan with 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water that has been mixed together. Cook over low heat until thickened. Spoon blueberry mixture over blueberries.
14. Refrigerate pie for 2 hours; remove center ring. Decorate pie with pie crust hearts and chocolate curls or shavings. Awesome served with whipped cream, if desired.