Strawberry sauce recipe plus strawberry compote, perfect for topping various desserts like cheesecakes, panna cotta, pancakes and ice cream.Previously published in August 2011. Republished with Updated Content June 2023.
Rinse the strawberries and remove the calyces (the green tops). Slice them in halves or quarters if they're big.
Place the strawberries in a small pan and add the sugar and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer on medium-low heat.You can add half the sugar if you don't like things too sweet, then add more at the end if you fancy, after tasting.
Stir, then turn the heat right down and simmer everything for 10 minutes.
Take it off the heat and leave to cool for 5 minutes. And optional step is to mash down your strawberries with a potato masher to get more flavour out of the strawberries.Then strain, using a heat proof strainer/sieve that's not too fine. Push down on the cooked fruit with the back of a spoon, to extract as much of the sauce as possible. Voíla, you have yourself some delicious strawberry sauce!
Strawberry Compote Recipe
We start off doing exactly the same thing as above.Rinse the strawberries and remove the calyces (the green tops). Slice them in halves or quarters if they're big.
Place the strawberries in a small pan and add the sugar and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer on medium-low heat.You can add half the sugar if you don't like things too sweet, then add more at the end if you fancy, after tasting.
Stir, then turn the heat right down and simmer everything for 10 minutes.This is your strawberry compote all done.Cook it for 10 more minutes if you want a thicker compote.
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Notes
Start with half the sugar if you don't want it too sweet. When you're done cooking, add more, if you like.If your strawberries are not sweet t o begin with, you may need a little more sugar.