Quick strawberry sauce
When you have strawberries and want to make something simple but really useful, this strawberry sauce is the perfect solution. It’s made in a few minutes in a pan and is ideal to accompany desserts, yogurt or ice cream.
It’s also known as strawberry coulis: a smooth, fragrant and slightly syrupy sauce, perfect at this time of year.
Tips
If you want it sweeter, add another tablespoon of sugar.
If you want it looser, add a tablespoon of water while cooking.
Great both warm and cold.
How to use it?
This easy strawberry sauce is perfect to accompany cheesecakes, a bowl of fruit, served over ice cream, or to moisten layers of sponge cake when making a fruit cake!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Cooking time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 lemon (juice only)
Tools
- Spremi limoni
Steps
Wash the strawberries, pat them dry with kitchen paper, remove the stem and cut them into pieces.
Put the strawberries in a saucepan together with the sugar and the lemon juice.Place everything in a saucepan, set over medium heat and cook for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally with a rubber spatula.
Allow the strawberries to slowly release their juice and become soft.At this point you can choose whether you prefer a smooth, homogeneous sauce and blend the mixture, or a more rustic one with whole pieces and do nothing more.
If you don’t like the small strawberry seeds you can pass the sauce through a sieve to make it silkier!
On a cheesecake it’s out of this world!Enjoy! Annalisa
Four useful tips for how to use it
❓ Can it be made without sugar?
Yes, you can omit it or replace it with honey or another sweetener of your choice.
❓How long does it keep?
In the refrigerator for 2–3 days in a closed container.
❓Can it be frozen?
Yes, better if already blended and smooth; it keeps in the freezer for about 1–2 months. I personally put it in an ice cube tray!
❓Can I use it warm?
Yes, it’s also great warm, especially over scoops of ice cream or freshly made desserts like cheesecake.
