Strawberry Sauce

I have totally been on a strawberry kick the last couple months.  From strawberry picking to homemade jam, pie, fun drinks, and of course just eating lots of strawberries, this is definitely one of my favorite summer fruits!  So, hopefully you are not all strawberried out because I have another strawberry recipe for you.  I figure with 4th of July just around the corner anything with red and strawberries are perfect for this time of year!  This strawberry sauce is so easy to make and it is so much better than the squeeze bottle of this stuff that has been sitting in your fridge for the last two years!  

You only need 4 simple ingredients for the sauce.  Strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. 

Wash your strawberries and then remove the stems and cut in half.  

Place your strawberries in about a 2 quart sauce pan and then add the sugar…

lemon juice…. 

and vanilla.  

Give it all a stir and bring to a simmer over medium heat.  Then cook for about 5 minutes stirring often.  

After about 5 minutes turn off the heat.  To blend up the sauce I like to use an immersion blender to get the sauce all smooth.  This is a total handy gadget to have in the kitchen for hot sauces or soups that need to be blended up.  This way you don’t have to worry about letting it cool or transferring something too hot to your blender, you can just blend it up immediately right in your pan.  If you don’t have an immersion blender just wait for the sauce to cool and transfer to your blender and blend.  

And that’s it!  Just pour your sauce in a jar or storage container and enjoy it on stuff like pancakes, added to lemonade, or my favorite… ice cream!  

Here is your printable recipe!

Strawberry Sauce

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

This goes great on ice cream or pancakes!

Author: A Fireman's Wife

Ingredients

• 1 pint of strawberries
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Wash your strawberries and then remove the stems and cut in half.
2. Place your strawberries in about a 2 quart sauce pan and then add the sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla.
3. Give it all a stir and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Then cook for about 5 minutes stirring often.
4. After about 5 minutes turn off the heat and use an immersion blender to blend until smooth, or let cool and transfer to a blender and blend.
5. Store in a jar or storage container in the refrigerator.

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