Friday, May 22, 2009

Strawberry Sauce

It was definitely time to use up all those strawberries that had jumped into my grocery cart earlier this week, and what better way than to make a simple and delicious strawberry topping

The first time I saw this recipe, I discounted it, and found a recipe that required more ingredients and more effort. That recipe did not live up to its imagined potential.

Ordinarily, I make the simplest strawberry topping, (a little sugar and allow the berries to macerate) but I was looking for something a little more. This simple recipe, with five ingredients (or is it four because we don't count salt as an ingredient?) is just what I was looking for.

Picture thick, sweet, rich with bright strawberry flavor, slowly cascading down ice cream or waffles or pound cake....this is it!

I took pictures of this last evening but they came out too dark. So, this afternoon on my lunch break, I made myself another bowl of ice cream with this topping and found a patch of light.

I did this only for you because I want you to have the very best. (grins)

30 comments:

  1. Well, Katy dear, this looks absolutely fantastic ! I love strawberries a lot; can't wait to make my preserves and syrup...
    have a nice weekend Katy dear!

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  2. Katy, this does look absolutely beautiful. A perfect sauce for ice cream. Have a wonderful weekend.fevro

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  3. Haha, you crack me up! How nice of you to have another bowl of ice cream for us :) Sounds like something I would also feel obligated to do for my wonderful blog readers! This syrup looks incredible. I'm wishing I had ice cream in my freezer and strawberries in my fridge right now :)

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  4. It does sound look like a perfect strawberry sauce. Thanks for having another one at lunch just for us!

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  5. Ah, the sacrifices you'll make... ;) That's why we keep coming back!! I'd do it, too for this scrumptious looking sauce.

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  6. Thank you for your sacrifice Katy, we appreciate it :o)
    I'll have to make this when the strawberries come our way (we're a little later than everyone else for the growing seasons)

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  7. I have so much fun here.

    You all me me smile and laugh and go back to my cookbooks and recipe stash to find something else delicious (I hope!) to share.

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  8. Yummy! I love strawberry! And this sauce looks incredible!

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  9. I get caught in that trap all the time, thinking complicated is better. Your post is a nice reminder about simplicity and about how much I love berry season. We hope to take the kids strawberry picking this week, so I'll have to give this one a try!

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  10. That is one great shot and sitting here in this late May heat this evening....I am thinking...hmmmm... where is my ice cream so I can make this sauce! Very good indeed. And I too have strawberries that really should be used up....I'm off to the fridge...see ya later!

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  11. That picture is making me hungry.

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  12. Oooh, it so happens that i have a fresh pint of strawberries waiting to be used! This looks like heaven!

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  13. YUMMMM!!! Simple or not - this looks wonderful!!!

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  14. What an excellent photo!! I love anything to do with strawberries.

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  15. Yum...that looks mouth watering good!!!

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  16. I sometimes find that I can't use my strawberries before they go bad - thanks for this recipe!

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  17. Sometimes the simpler the better..looks great

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  18. how coincidental that I stumbled into your blog with this recipe! I just made something like this, too, but wasn't sure what to call it.

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  19. I love this sauce and I am going to make it to top my cheesecake!

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  20. Not only were you rewarded with a delicious bowl of i/c topped with that incredible sauce, you snapped a gorgeous photo, too.

    Sometimes simple is better, isn't it?

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  21. That photo just screams summer. I love strawberries more than chocolate on my ice cream. Happy Memorial Day!

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  22. This is just what I was looking for Katy!! You could use this for strawberry shortcake to couldn't you?? It looks divine!!

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  23. Bunny, this would be PERFECT for strawberry shortcake. I think that my old simple macerated strawberry/sugar combo, while delicious, can be a little too liquidy.

    If I were going to do this for a cheesecake, I might add a little more cornstarch to make it just a TAD thicker, but not so thick that it's like a jam or a preserve.

    Perhaps one should leave well enough alone LOL!

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  24. this recipe would be great for the pancakes I just made...I will try it this weekend...thanks for sharing... :)

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  25. Hendria, this would be divine in pacakes. Yum, yum!

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  26. I need to go get more strawberries to make this yummy sauce!We always have ice cream on hand so I've got to have this!
    You are so funny Katy!

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  27. This looks scrumptious! I love the little dish very much too!

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