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Easy Strawberry Sauce – a delicious addition to any dessert!
With strawberry season almost here in Australia, I would like to share this quick and easy recipe for a delicious strawberry sauce. One of the great advantages of making things at home is that you know exactly what they contain and you get to make them just the way you like them.
For me, I’m very happy knowing the sauce does not contain artificial flavours, thickeners or preservatives.
The sauce contains beautifully fresh, aromatic strawberries, lemon juice and a small amount of sugar. Lemon is a great flavour booster and balances the sweetness of the sauce. You can mash the strawberries to a puree or, as I have done, stirred a few pieces in at the end so the sauce has some texture.
This easy recipe produces maximum strawberry flavour. Adding some of this delicious sauce will enhance many desserts, making the simplest feel special. Spoon some over my No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream for a speedy dessert.
I also like to serve the sauce with Greek yoghurt, pancakes, waffles or alongside my Almond Cake or Baked Cheesecake. I haven’t yet tried it but I think it would also be delicious on a fresh-from-the-oven scone with a dollop of cream.
Believe me, your friends and family will thank you when you serve this sauce.
Enjoy!
Xx Alex and Faye
Easy Strawberry Sauce
With just three ingredients, this quick and easy sauce is bursting with bright, fresh strawberry flavour and can be used in a myriad of ways.
Ingredients
- 500 gm strawberries fresh
- 1/3 cup sugar granulated
- 1 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
Cut 6 medium sized strawberries into quarters lengthways and set aside.
Roughly slice the remainder.
In a medium non-reactive saucepan*, combine sliced strawberries, sugar and fresh lemon juice.
Place the pan over a low-medium heat and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. The strawberries will naturally release their juice.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Roughly mash the strawberries with a potato masher.
Add the 6 quartered strawberries which you have set aside.
Stir and simmer for 5 minutes more.
Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.*
Recipe Notes
*Aluminium, copper and cast iron pans are all reactive; this means they react with acidic foods, causing your food to take on a metallic flavour.
*The sauce is delicious served warm over cold ice cream.
*You can make this strawberry sauce up to 3 days in advance; cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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131 Comments on “Easy Strawberry Sauce”
Love this with ice cream. Scrumptious.
Hi Brian! This would be my favourite way to serve it also 🙂
Made this just now. So good. Could eat straight from the bowl!
Yay! So happy to hear that Alice, thank you for sharing 🙂
I love strawberry! i only tried eating twice and I love it. 🙂 Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
Oh Cha, you must eat it some more then! 🙂 You’ll love this recipe!
This looks very delicious and easy to make. I will have to try this one for sure!
Can’t beat a recipe with only three ingredients! 😉
Oh my gosh over ice cream? That sounds so delicious! I am saving this recipe for later!
Xoxo,
Josephine | Better as Us
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You will love it!! Ice cream, yoghurt… the options are endless. Enjoy! xx
This looks so yummy. I bet the lemon really brings out the strawberry! Need to try this
It does! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts 🙂
This looks so delicious! Love how you included step by step with photos. Will have to try this recipe sometime!
Thank you so much for stopping by, and I really appreciate the positive feedback! Hope you get to try the recipe soon 🙂
Oh my, I’m hungry now for icecream with that sauce!!!
It is such a delicious combination! xx
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The souse looks delicious! I like the alike sweet stuff for my meat.
Thank you, Lyosha 🙂
Very simplistically put. My hubby does all the cooking at his choice, but he wants to start baking. I will start him with making this delicious looking sauce to use for ice cream and chocolate cake.
Thank you, Tina! 🙂 I hope this is something you’ll both love!
Oh my goodness this looks absolutely amazing!!!! I so need to make this!
Thanks, Jessica!! You definitely do!
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I’m so excited for you to have strawberry season coming up. I won’t see a delicious strawberry until May. This sauce sounds delicious. Sometimes we add strawberry sauce to BBQ sauce for a little sweetness.
Oh I love that idea, Terri! Fruit and savoury sauces are a great combination!
i’d like to give this a try! I never made a sauce per se but i’ve made strawberry cakes before
Hi Jasmine! This is a super easy sauce to make – I think you’ll love it 🙂
Ooh this sounds absolutely amazing! I love a good strawberry sauce especially over vanilla ice cream or chocolate cake 🙂
Same here, Shar! 😀
Very simple and quick recipe. I can think of ice cream, cake, pancakes, waffles, and more that this would be great for.
Thank you so much, Daphne! Yes, it would be great with all of those things for sure!
I love strawberries and would love to try your recipe. It is quick and perfect for the Holiday season!
Hi Amy! Thank you so much. Enjoy 🙂
Omg can we say yum?!?! I just love all things strawberry! Must give your recipe a try!
Thank you, Courtney!! I would love you to give it a try 🙂
Ill be using your recipe when i make my homemade cheese cake. Thank you for sharing with us!
Sounds perfect to me, Karminity! Enjoy 🙂 P.S. Love cheesecake!
This sounds delicious, perfect with homemade ice cream
I agree completely, Kara!!
oh my that sauce look exactly as the one my mum used to make – its soo yummy x
Thank you so much, Pati! Glad it brings back memories! 🙂
I have never made strawberry sauce but it seems rather easy. I will save your recipe to give it a try.
Nailil
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Thank you! Yes, it definitely is easy 🙂 Let me know how you go!
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Yes please! I just love strawberries. This sauce looks perfect! I’d put it on ice cream.
Oh yes! Perfect – give my No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream a try 😉
Ideal for garnishing cakes and desserts. Yummy!
Agree with you there 🙂
I love how simple this is to make. Plus it looks delicious on top of any dessert really.
Most definitely. Thanks, Joan 🙂
I am all in for no artificial stuff. This looks simple and delish ! I can eat this by itself -haha
Haha, yes! I don’t blame you there 🙂
This would be a great way to save all those strawberries that I like to buy when they are on sale. I could use this over pancakes
Yes, definitely! Pancakes is a brilliant idea 🙂
I have actually just bought the first strawberries of the season today, here in Spain. These I will use to cover in chocolate, for Valentine’s Day, but I will surely make your sauce at some point too. I love strawberries in any form.
Hi Joanna! Yes, I made some chocolate coated strawberries the other day too.
Enjoy those and the sauce.
And I love Spain – you live in a beautiful country 🙂
Easy is right!! I’m seriously contemplating making some to pour over the vanilla ice cream in my freezer
Winning combination right there 😉
This is such a great idea. I always buy this stuff but like you said they have a lot of preservatives and other things that I don’t read lol Definitely trying this, since it’s easy to make. I like that in less than an hour everything is set. Keep it up!
XO
Candace
http://www.thebeautybeau.com
Thank you, Candace 🙂 I always love knowing when I make this, that I know exactly what is going into it.
Plus, it tastes better than shop bought.
Enjoy! xo
This looks delicious! I love that there’s not a ton of sugar in it. I can’t wait to make it to mix in with yogurt and oatmeal in the morning!
Yes such a great way to use this sauce 🙂
Wow, this sauce is something else. I cannot wait to try it with my friends and family. Looks delish!
Thank you so much! 🙂
This sounds like an easy enough recipe. I bet this would taste good on ice cream.
Oh yes, for sure – one of my favourite ways to use it!
Goes very well with my No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream 🙂
Ahh, this sauce is so easily made up with only 3 items. I avoid artificial ones. Your recipe will come handy for me.
Fantastic to hear – enjoy this sauce! 🙂
Delicious pick for my valentines day, thanks for sharing.
Enjoy, John 🙂
I didnt know there are some lemon juice freshly squeezed and added in this recipe. It should taste super yummy and I am interested to find out the taste with added lemon juice. I guess it would be very refreshing.
It helps to balance the flavours – and cuts through the sweetness a bit 🙂 Enjoy!
What I like about that strawberry sauce is that there is no preservatives. My son really loves strawberries!
Yes, so much better to have a natural product that you know what is in it 🙂 Enjoy!!
I think I am going to try this yummy strawberry sauce tonight over ice cream and surprise my manstud! thank you for sharing this recipe.
Hope this is something you’ll both enjoy, Paula 🙂
I never knew that it is so simple and hassle-free to make the strawberry sauce. Now that I have learned it, I am not going to buy it from the market. Rather I will make it myself
So glad to hear that 🙂
Wow! This is something new to me! Thanks for letting us know. Love this recipe! ♥
So glad to introduce you to something new!! 🙂
Looks so yummy! My kids would love this on their pancakes. We try to avoid artificial preservatives so this is great.
Yes! So good to know what’s in the food you’re eating 🙂 This is great on pancakes!
I don’t had a strawberry sauce yet. Looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing.
Hope you will enjoy it 🙂
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Perfect for ice cream, waffles and cheesecakes! Yum.
Yes, for sure Colleen, and sometimes added to a glass of prosecco. 🙂
This is perfect, I can see me using this sauce for lots of yummy things! My whole family love strawberries so this will go down a treat!
Hi Michelle, it is versatile and is ideal for so many uses. I love it with ice cream, waffles or pancakes, and like a little added to a glass of prosecco. Would love to hear if you make it. 🙂
This sounds so simple and delicious! I will definitely be making this…. even if it is just for adding to a glass of prosecco!!
I’m with you Nathan, although there are so many ways to use them they’re always good added to a glass of prosecco. 🙂
This sounds like a beautiful sauce. I can imagine how good it would be on ice-cream! I have strawberries growing in my garden. Can’t wait to make this with some of them!
I can only imagine how fantastic it would be to use homegrown strawberries. That would be the best – enjoy! 🙂
sounds incredible! this sauce would be perfect on so many things – like the vanilla ice cream in my freezer right now 😉
Strawberry sauce and vanilla ice cream – perfect partners. And there are so many other ways to use the sauce. On waffles or pancakes – delicious! 🙂
interesting! I will try this at home, since i do not like strawberries themselves but love sauces and strawberry-flavour food!
xx
lau
malibluemymind
I look forward to hearing if you try the Strawberry Sauce. 🙂
This is a must try recipe on Saturday when I come from my adventure. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the lovely comment. I hope that you enjoy the sauce. 🙂
OMG I love strawberry jam and you made a sauce out of strawberries? That is very creative!
Thank you Kenneth, it goes so well with pancakes, waffles or ice cream. Please let me know if you try it. 🙂
Strawberry sauce with chocolate cake, yesssss!!! I am literally drooling! Thank you so much for the awesome recipe.
Oh Chad, how delicious is that combination? I shall definitely put the sauce with my very easily made chocolate sauce. Please let me know if you also try it. 🙂
MMMMM strawberry sauce!! Looks yummy!
Thank you Ashli, it’s a lovely, easy sauce. Please let me know if you try it. 🙂
Looks tasty Alex. New reasons to love Strawberry sauce !
Thank you Owen, maybe try some on pancakes or waffles 😉
We’ve been looking for a good strawberry sauce/spread recipe for our waffles! YUM!
Britney, I’m just swooning slightly as I think of waffles with strawberry sauce. Yum! 🙂
Never knew it had a shortcut, I am trying this on Saturday.
Thank you, I do hope that you enjoy it. 🙂
i love STRAWBERRY, sharing how to get a good Sauce from it is an added advantage.
Thank you, please let me know if you try it. 🙂
Looks so yummy! I bet it wouuld go really well over pancakes or porridge. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Flavia, what a great idea, to have it with porridge. I must try that. 🙂
Looks so delish! My hub makes cheesecake all the time so I’ll tell him to give this a try.
Wow, this would be delicious with cheesecake. Enjoy! 🙂
Strawberries are a bit expensive here in Japan ((and fruit as well), it might be hard to make it. But, it does look yummy.
I’m glad that you like the recipe. I hope that one day you can try it when strawberries are less expensive. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this nice and easy strawberry sauce recipe, which is one of my favorite fruits.
Thank you, I also love strawberries. You can add this sauce to ice cream, pancakes, cake or waffles. I do hope you try it. 🙂
This looks delicious! I definitely need to try this recipe.
Thank you Danielle, please let me know how you enjoy it. 🙂
YES you are right! Just knowing that you KNOW exactly what is in the strawberry sauce makes it even more DELIGHTFUL!
Thank you Jeannette, I always like to be in control of the food I eat. I hope you enjoy the sauce. 🙂
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