How To Make Berry Sauce
Made with a combination of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, this berry sauce is perfect over cakes, ice cream, and waffles.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbfresh strawberries,hulled and thinly sliced
- 6ozfresh raspberries,(1 dry half pint)
- 6ozfresh blueberries,(1 dry half pint)
- 6ozfresh blackberries,(1 dry half pint)
- 1tbspfresh lemon juice,from 1 lemon
- ¾cupsugar
Instructions
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Combine all of the berries in a large bowl and stir gently to combine. Spoon about ⅔ of the mixed berries into a medium saucepan; transfer the remaining berries to a small bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Add the lemon juice and sugar to the berries in the sauce pan. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes until the fruit is syrupy.
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Transfer the hot berry mixture to a blender and purée until smooth. Set a fine mesh strainer over a bowl.
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Pour the sauce into the strainer and use the back of a soup ladle and circular motions to force the sauce through the strainer and into the bowl. Discard the seeds that remain in the strainer. Refrigerate the berry sauce until cold or ready to serve.
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Before serving, add the reserved berries to the sauce and stir to combine. If the sauce seems too thick, add a few tablespoons of water, a little at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.
Nutrition
- Calories: 98.76kcal
- Fat: 0.39g
- Saturated Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.21g
- Carbohydrates: 24.72g
- Fiber: 3.33g
- Sugar: 20.50g
- Protein: 0.88g
- Sodium: 1.13mg
- Calcium: 17.70mg
- Potassium: 137.61mg
- Iron: 0.47mg
- Vitamin A: 3.18µg
- Vitamin C: 36.94mg
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