Description
Homemade Strawberry Sauce: Bright, fresh, and bursting with natural sweetness, this quick strawberry sauce is the perfect dessert topping. Made with 6 simple ingredients and ready in minutes, it’s ideal over cheesecake, pancakes, pound cake, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until strawberries release their juices and begin to soften.
- In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water to create a slurry.
- Stir the slurry into the strawberry mixture and simmer until thickened.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
- Let cool slightly before serving or refrigerate until ready to use.
Notes
- Store leftover sauce in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- For a smoother sauce, mash some of the strawberries before simmering or blend after cooking.
- Omit the vanilla for a simpler strawberry flavor, or swap with almond extract for a different twist.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Sauce / Dessert topping
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup (120 ml)
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 33 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: homemade strawberry sauce, strawberry dessert topping, quick strawberry sauce, 5-minute sauce, fresh strawberry sauce, easy strawberry glaze