Tropical Strawberry Pie

• 2 cups fresh strawberries
• 12 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 14 cup water
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package coconut cream pudding mix, not instant
• 1 12 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained
• 1 (9 inch) baked pie shells, I bet graham cracker shell would be good too
• sweetened whipped cream (to garnish)
• toasted shaved coconut (to garnish)

1. Place 1 cup strawberries in a food processor or blender.
2. Cover and process until finely chopped.
3. In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.
4. Stir in blended berries and water.
5. Cook and stir till bubbly.
6. Cool.
7. Prepare pudding as directed on package using 1 1/2 cups milk.
8. Stir in drained pineapple.
9. Pour into pie shell.
10. Halve the remaining berries and arrange over filling in 2-3 rows around the outer edge or pie.
11. Top pie with thickened strwaberry mixture.
12. Loosely cover and chill in refrigerator for 3 hours until firm.
13. Top each serving with whipped cream and coconut.

fresh strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, water, coconut cream pudding, milk, pineapple, graham cracker shell would, cream, coconut

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tropical-strawberry-pie-122098 (may not work)