Cream Cheese Strawberry Pie

• 1 pie shell, baked (see Perfect Pie Crust, 9 or 10 inch)
• Cream cheese filling
• 250 g light cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• Strawberries
• 4 cups fresh strawberries, halved
• Strawberry sauce
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup water, start with 1/4 cup
• 2 cups fresh strawberries, can be frozen
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon butter

1. Mix cream cheese, milk, almond extract and sugar in a mixer until well blended. Spread in bottom of pie shell.
2. Place the fresh strawberries on top of the cream cheese mix.
3. In a sauce pan combine water (1/4 cup), 2 cups fresh/frozen strawberries, sugar and warm through until the strawberries are soft enough to mush. In a small bowl add a bit of water to the corn stach and stir until dissolved. Add to strawberry sauce and continue stirring over heat until the sauce thickens and turns clear. This may take 2-4 minute Add more water if too thick, Remove from heat and stir in butter.
4. Pour strawberry sauce over the cream cheese + strawberries. Let set and cool before serving.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-cheese-strawberry-pie-454343 (may not work)