With just three ingredients, this Easy Strawberry Sauce is bursting with bright, fresh strawberry flavour and is made with minimal effort. Simply combine some sliced strawberries in a saucepan with sugar and lemon juice, simmer for a short time and this delicious condiment is ready for use in a myriad of ways. It doesn’t come much easier than this!
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Instructions
Prepare your strawberries by hulling them and then cutting into roughly 1 cm (0.4") pieces.
Add to a medium sized saucepan along with the sugar and lemon juice.Turn on the heat to medium, and stir to dissolve the sugar.
Increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Set the sauce aside to cool slightly before either using an immersion hand blender or blender to puree until smooth.
Notes
Strawberries: this is the weight once the strawberries have been hulled. For the best result, choose strawberries which are sweet and full of flavour. Look for those which are bright red with vivid green leaves.
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 strawberry 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 Strawberry Sauce.