Description
Everyone loves this strawberry sauce! Don’t waste your money on storebought syrups or sauces that are filled with unnecessary “stuff”. All you need is frozen or fresh strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Double or triple the recipe for larger crowds and refrigerate or freeze leftovers and thaw to enjoy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 10.5 ounces fresh or frozen strawberries (or Boiron strawberry purée) (300g)
- 3 tablespoons sugar (or more to taste depending on the natural sweetness of the fruit) (40g)
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice (14g)
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed orange juice (optional but recommended) (12g)
Instructions
- Measure the ingredients. In a small heavy-bottomed pot, add the fruit, sugar, lemon juice (and orange juice if using).
- Cook the sauce. Heat the mixture to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer and cook stirring frequently to avoid scorching, adjusting the sugar and lemon juice according to taste until the sauce coats the back of a spoon (as seen in the berry sauce photo example in the post).
- Purée the mixture and pass it through a fines mesh strainer (sieve). Add the just slightly cooled mixture to the bowl of a food processor or high-speed blender (or use an immersion blender) and purée until smooth and no fruit chunks remain. Pass the mixture through a sieve (fine mesh strainer) to remove any seeds or skins for a smooth professional fruit coulis sauce. Serve coulis hot, at room temperature, or cold, and Enjoy!
Notes
- If using Boiron or other unsweetened strawberry purée instead of actual strawberries, you will not need to strain the sauce to achieve a coulis because these products are already seedless.
- If you don’t care if your sauce is smooth or not, you may use the strawberry sauce as soon as it coats the back of a spoon without puréeing it or straining it. It’ll be what I call a strawberry jam sauce rather than a professional strawberry coulis but just as tasty.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Sauces + Spreads + Dips
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
