Strawberry Sauce

This homemade Strawberry Sauce is made using fresh sweet strawberries combined with a handful of pantry ingredients. You can use this strawberry topping drizzled on pound cakes, scones, waffles, ice cream or pancakes and more!

Easy Strawberry Sauce Recipe

How do you make Strawberry Sauce? It super simple to do! To make it, you hull and cube fresh strawberries then place them into a small saucepan with granulated sugar and fresh lemon juice. If you don’t have a strawberry huller, you can use a sharp knife to remove the green portion of the stem. After simmering the strawberries and sugar together, you can thicken the sauce using a cornstarch slurry. How do you serve strawberry sauce? You can enjoy it warm drizzled on a stack of buttermilk pancakes or chilled on ice cream or scones with a dollop of whipped cream. How to make fresh Strawberry Sauce: (Scroll down for full printable recipe.)

• Hull and Cube the Strawberries – To a small heavy bottomed saucepan add 2 cups strawberries, granulated sugar and lemon juice.
• Simmer – Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes to allow the strawberries to break down.
• Mash the Strawberries – Use a fork to roughly mash the strawberries.
• Thicken – Dissolve cornstarch in cold water until completely dissolved. Mix well to blend.
• Combine – Whisk the cornstarch slurry into the saucepan. (Repeat, if desired. Sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.)
• Add Additional Strawberries – Remove from heat, add reserved diced strawberries, mixing well.
• Cool Completely for Storage – Let cool completely then transfer to a mason jar or airtight container.
• Store chilled for up to 1 week.

How to Make the BEST Strawberry Sauce Recipe

• Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Strawberry Sauce: 3 cups diced strawberries, granulated sugar, fresh lemon juice, cornstarch and cold water.
• Kitchen tools you’ll need: A small saucepan, strawberry huller, sharp knife and cutting board, small bowl, whisk, measuring cups and spoons.
• Depending on the sweetness of the strawberries you may be able to use less sugar.
• How to choose strawberries. Choose firm plump strawberries with bright green stems with no visible mould or bruising. If the strawberries are bruised they will quickly breakdown and mould signifies that they aren’t fresh.
• This sauce is designed to be chunky with texture from the strawberries. If you want a thin sauce, use a stand blender or an immersion blender to puree.
• What is a cornstarch slurry? A slurry refers to cornstarch dissolved in cold water in varying amounts depending on the recipe and the intended use. This recipe uses a small amount of cornstarch to thicken the sauce and you can increase the amount to suit your taste.
• Don’t be tempted to over thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The sauce will get thicker as it cools.
• What do you do if you over thicken the sauce? You can thin the Strawberry Sauce with additional water or lemon juice. Water, won’t change the flavor while lemon juice in large amounts could.
• The amount of sauce can vary depending on the juice content of the berries and how vigorous the sauce simmers. You should end up with around 1 1/2 cups. This recipe easily doubles or triples.
• You could safely can this sauce using the same technique used when canning jams and jellies.
• Serving Suggestions – Drizzle over waffles, crepes, vanilla ice cream, french toast, scones, biscuits, angel food cake or pound cake.
• Refrigeration – You can store this Strawberry Sauce in a mason jar or airtight container chilled for up to one week.
• Make a double batch and you can freeze this sauce for up to 3 months.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Saucepan
• Strawberry Huller
• Measuring Set
• Lemon Juicer