Strawberry Pie glacé

Just had to throw in the glacé as this turned out so smooth and shiny, thanks to the sugar.

This is a very rustic pie, nothing fancy about it. Single pie-crust, per usual recipe. Made a thickish sauce with some strawberries and sugar, and combined it with whole fresh strawberries we had picked. We had enough filling to make two pies out of this.

Ingredients
single-pie crust as in this recipe

for the glacé:
1 pint fresh whole strawberries, hulled, mashed
1½ cups sugar
2-3 Tablespoon cornstarch
½ - 2/3rd cup water

1 pint fresh whole strawberries
whipped cream (optional)
Preparation

1. Combine the glacé ingredients and bring to a boil, allow to simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly till well-combined and thick
2. Allow to cool a bit, then pour some at the bottom of the pie crust, arrange some whole strawberries, and pour the rest of the glaze, chill in the fridge for about 4 hours
3. Serve with some whipped cream on top