Easy Cherry Sauce

Jug of Cherry Sauce, on a cream cloth with some fresh cherries around the edge.

This Easy Cherry Sauce is bursting with bright, fresh flavour. It contains just three ingredients and is very easy to make. Fresh cherries are cooked with sugar and lemon juice before being pureed for a simple, delicious sauce. With this sauce you can turn lovely desserts into something extra special. It doesn’t come much easier than this!

Course Sauces

Cuisine International

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Cooling Time 10

Total Time 35

Servings x 300 ml (10 oz) jar

Calories 549kcal

Author Alexandra Cook - It's Not Complicated Recipes

Ingredients

500 gm (1.1 lb) fresh cherries - prepared weight See Note 1
60 g (¼ cup) white granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice - freshly squeezed See Note 2

Instructions

Remove the stems and pit the cherries. Cut the cherries in half.
Add the cherries to a medium sized non-reactive saucepan along with the sugar and lemon juice. (See Note 3.)
Turn the heat to medium and stir to dissolve the sugar.
Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. By this time, the cherries will be soft and be able to be pureed.
Remove from the heat and set the sauce aside to cool slightly before either using an immersion hand blender or blender to puree until smooth.
You can use it immediately or refrigerate.

Notes

Cherries: this is the prepared weight, after any stems and pits have been removed.
Tablespoon: we use a standard Australian tablespoon which is 20 ml (4 teaspoons).
Non-reactive saucepans: are those which are ceramic, stainless steel, glass or enamelled cookware. Copper, iron and aluminium pans are reactive. Acidic foods, such as lemons, may take on a metallic taste and discolour if cooked in such pans.
Storage: you can make this Cherry Sauce up to 3 days in advance; cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Freezing: add to a freezer safe ziplock bag, seal, and store flat in the freezer for up to 3 months. Alternatively, freeze in an ice cube tray so you have individual serves.
Nutrition: is calculated on the full quantity of Cherry Sauce.

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