FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE
2 tablespoons Minute Tapioca
1 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in pieces
1 recipe Pie Crust (above)
Combine Minute Tapioca, sugar, salt, butter and strawberries; let stand 15 minutes, or while pastry is being made. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry rolled ⅛ inch thick. Fill with berry mixture. Moisten edge of pastry with cold water. Adjust top crust. Bake in hot oven (450° F.) 15 minutes; then decrease heat to moderate (350° F.) and bake 20 minutes longer, or until filling is cooked.