Just off Highway 27 and straight on ’til morning, you’ll find Joe’s Pie Shop. At least you will if you’re watching the movie, Waitress. A truly original confection of passion, heartbreak, anxiety, and romance, this film is Gone With the Wind for pie lovers, with a pie for every plot twist.Straight from the heart and the imagination of the late actor and filmmaker, Adrienne Shelly (whose Adrienne Shelly Foundation is continuing to help women realize their own film projects), all the pies that Kerri Russell’s Jenna creates and serves at Joe’s Pie Shop are not only luscious to look at on the screen, but are just as tasty when they appear on tables in the real world. Whether it’s Bad Baby Quiche Pie, Lonely Chicago Pie, Spanish Dancer Pie with Chocolate Crust, or Marshmellow Mermaid Pie, each has the one essential ingredient for a great pie: love. As Joe himself said about Jenna’s Strawberry Oasis Chocolate Pie, “It’s the reason I get up on Wednesday mornings.”

Strawberry Chocolate Pie

Chocolate Biscotti Pie Crust

  1. 1 ½ cups chocolate biscotti
  2. 2 tbs sugar
  3. pinch of salt
  4. ½ cup unsalted butter, melted

Combine the crumbs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl and toss together well

Add the butter and stir until well blended

Using your fingers, pat the mixture over the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan (Try not to make the sides too thick)

This is a no-bake pie, but if you like the crust a little crisper, put it in a 325° oven for 8 minutes

Let it cool completely before filling

The Filling

  1. 3 tbs unsalted butter
  2. 8 ounces unsweetened cooking chocolate
  3. 3 eggs
  4. 1 cup light corn syrup
  5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
  6. ¼ tsp salt
  7. 4 cups strawberries, stemmed

The double helping of chocolate and strawberries makes this pie irresistible. Which is the whole point of strawberries and chocolate getting together in the first place

Preheat the oven to 425°

Combine the butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water

Stir until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes

Remove from the heat and set aside

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until blended

Add the corn syrup, sugar, vanilla and salt

Beat in the chocolate mixture

Add the strawberries

Pour the fruit and chocolate mixture in the pastry lined pan and bake for 2o minutes

Reduce the heat to 350° and bake until the filling is set around the edges, but the center wiggles slightly, about 25 minutes more