Upside Down Strawberry Meringue Pie

• 1 9 inche pastry pie crust, cooked and cooled ( spray pan with non stick spray before adding crust to bake as this crust tends to stick after baking with the meringue )
• 1 FOR MERINGUE
• 3 room temperature egg whites
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cream of tarter
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 FOR FILLING
• 1 3 ounce box strawberry jello
• 1 pints fresh strawberrys, hulled and sliced and mixed with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 cup heavy whpping cream
• 1 FOR WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 tbsp confectioners sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 FOR GARNISH
• 2 fresh strawberrys cut in half and hulled
• 2 tbsp shaved chocolste

1. MAKE MERINGUE
2. Preheat oven to 225
3. In a large bowl whip egg whites, salt and cream of tarter until stiff peaks form, slowly add confectoners sugar and beat until glossy and holds its shape.
4. Spread in baked pie crust smoothing over bottom and sides to have the form of another crust.
5. Place in preheated oven and bake 2 hours until dry and light golden.
6. Cool on rack at least 1 hour
7. MAKE FILLING
8. Dissolve jello in the 1 cup boiling water, add the 1/2 cup cold water.
9. Chill until cold but still liquid, about 15 minutes.
10. Whip the cream until stiff, whip in cold jello mix, then fold in sliced strawberrys.
11. Mound mixture into cooled meringue shell.
12. Chill at least 6 hours or best overnight to fully set.
13. MAKE WHIPPPED CREAM TOPPING
14. Whip cream to soft peaks add sugar and vanilla and whip until stiff.
15. Top set pie with whipped cream.
16. Garnish pie with strawberry halfs and chocolate shavings

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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/341975-upside-down-strawberry-meringue-pie (may not work)