Fresh Strawberry Sauce
A bright, vibrant sauce made from fresh strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in under 10 minutes. Perfect for pancakes, ice cream, cheesecake, or yogurt.
- Total time
- 10 min
- Servings
- 6
- Calories
- 42
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds fresh strawberries, hulled
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh
Instructions
- 1
Place the hulled strawberries in a blender or food processor bowl.
- 2
Pour in 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice on top of the berries.
- 3
Blend on medium speed for 30 seconds, stirring once halfway through, until the mixture is completely smooth with no visible berry chunks, like a thick smoothie.
- 4
Pour the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl, pressing the pulp gently with the back of a spoon to extract all the liquid, leaving seeds behind if desired.
- 5
Taste the sauce and stir in extra sugar, 1 teaspoon at a time, if you prefer it sweeter.
Tools you’ll need
- blender or food processor
- fine-mesh strainer
- spoon
- bowl
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