This easy homemade raspberry sauce is a decadent summer treat that I make with raspberries from my garden. No matter where you get your berries they're at their peak in July and August so make all your favourite recipes with raspberries.
A simple dessert of ice cream and raspberry sauce is the perfect ending to any summer menu. From burgers to grilled chicken with apple rings you can't go wrong with simple.
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Ingredients
I always use fresh raspberries but I'm sure you can use frozen ones with excellent results.
- Raspberries - They must be fresh!
- Sugar - Raspberries are tart so the recipe needs sugar.
- Lemon juice - The perfect acid to make the finished sauce.
See recipe card for exact amounts.
Substitutions
Raspberries - I said they must be fresh but you can use frozen. It just doesn't sound as exciting.
White Sugar - I don't have a lot of experience with sugar substitutions. I'm trying to eat less foods that contain sugar and focus on getting my 30 plants a week. From what I hear and read, coconut sugar and monk fruit sweetener sound like the best options, compared to agave or artificial sweeteners.
Variations: How To Use Raspberry Sauce
Once you've got homemade raspberry sauce in your fridge you can use it in many different ways. Here are my top five!
- For this decadent summer treat, Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Brownies.
- Drizzled over whipping cream on top of a piece of Quinoa Chocolate Cake.
- Served with Grilled Peaches, a simple summer dessert with the freshest peaches you can find!
- Make Raspberry Butter then slather it on muffins, scones or biscuits.
- Call it raspberry syrup and you won't have to tell anyone to pour it on pancakes, waffles or crepes. You can even swirl some into a pancake bake.
Get The Tools: Jars and Labeling
I pour my raspberry sauce directly into jam jars and use my label maker to label it. For a perfect hostess gift simply pop that jar into a cellophane bag and tie it with a pretty ribbon. Anyone would be happy to receive a homemade gift like that!
Top Tip: K.I.S.S.
For gluten free eaters K.I.S.S. means Keep it Simple and Safe. To prevent cross contact with gluten in your kitchen, or cross contamination with anything, you need a strict no double dipping rule. A clean utensil in every jar, every time. Storing any sauce in smaller jars helps too, and you've got a back up if someone forgets the rule as they're learning. I always hide a jar in the back of my fridge to top White Chocolate Mousse Shots for New Year's and my Valentine's Chocolate Cake.
Easy Homemade Raspberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups raspberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat berries and sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer 10 minutes.
- Add lemon juice and let cool.
- Put strainer over a bowl and pour mixture into strainer. Using the back of a wooden spoon press on the berries to extract as much juice as possible. Discard seeds and pulp.
- Store in a glass jar. Will keep in the fridge for months (possibly forever if you have strict rules to prevent cross contamination).
- Serve on pancakes, ice cream, brownies, custard or any dessert.
Notes
- For these decadent Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Brownies.
- Drizzled over whipping cream on top of this Quinoa Chocolate Cake.
- Served with Grilled Peaches, a simple yet memorable summer dessert!
- To make Raspberry Butter that can then be slathered on muffins, scones or biscuits.
- Call it syrup and pour it on top of pancakes, waffles, crepes or swirl it into a pancake bake.
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Steshni Corea
so excited to try