Fresh strawberry sauce is a simple way to enjoy strawberries. The berries are briefly simmered with some lemon zest, butter, and sugar. With fresh strawberries available year-round, you can enjoy this sauce any time of the year. Serve the sauce over pancakes and waffles, ice cream, slices of pound cake, bread pudding, or biscuits. It’s the ideal all-purpose dessert sauce!
If you are still looking for desserts to make with your strawberries, you might like this strawberry shortcake, or this easy strawberry fool.
PrintFresh Strawberry Sauce
Strawberry sauce is a simple way to enjoy fresh strawberries, and it is the ideal all-purpose dessert sauce. Spoon it over ice cream, cake, pancakes, or biscuits.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes
- Total Time: 14 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert Sauces, Strawberries
Ingredients
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- 16 ounces fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water (or orange juice)
- Juice and finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and drain well. Hull and slice the strawberries.
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, and lemon juice. Bring to a light boil over medium-high heat.
- Add the lemon zest and strawberries to the syrup mixture. Heat through and then stir in the butter.
- Remove from heat and let cool. Chill for serving over ice cream or desserts or serve warm over pancakes, biscuits, or waffles.
