Bake a pie crust of your choice. This can be blind baked (baked using pie weights) or pricked and baked for this recipe.

Clean and halve berries and place in a strainer over a bowl. Sprinkle the berries with a couple tablespoons of sugar and let drain, saving juices. Continue sprinkling the berries with remaining sugar, a couple tablespoons at a time, and stirring gently to get more juice out. I did this over the space of about 3 hours.

Keeping the juice separate, pour cut, macerated berries into the crust, trying to guide the nicest to the top. Turn the berries on the top layer cut side down for a professional look.

Measure strawberry juice, then transfer to a small saucepan. You should have a scant 1 cup of juice; mash a couple berries finely and add if you are short. Whisk tapioca & sure gel into the juice mixture

Bring the juice mixture to a full boil, whisking as needed so that no lumps form. Simmer a full minute; mixture will begin to thicken (and will thicken more as it cools). Pour over the berries in the crust reserving a couple tablespoons. Brush any dry top berries with the remaining juice mixture so they look shiny. Chill until set, a couple hours, then serve with whipped cream.