Strawberry sauce with little strawberry bites. Perfect for pancakes or cheesecake. A simple easy to prepare homemade recipe that can be frozen. And only 2 ingredients.
Harvest strawberries
My strawberries are ripening. My youngest sees it as his task to become an expert strawberry picker and every morning he is running to the garden for a new batch. Holding a cup he looks very well if the strawberries are still green or have become red. That's not a very easy task for a two year old. But the green strawberries are declining in his cup, so he's on the good way.
And than he comes inside, smiling. Not always for very long. He doesn't understand that he can't have them all by himself (sharing is a bit of a problem for the two year olds). And he also doesn't understand that you're stomach can hurt if you ate 2 pounds of them (so good taste and then a stomach ache?).
When to serve this sauce?
So when the day goes on we eat strawberries. Plain, with a bit of sugar (or cream), on a rusk or just in a cup. But what we also do like a lot is strawberry sauce.
It tastes well with yoghurt, ice creams or pudding. The childeren can eat this all day. And whenever there is no dessert, they spoon it away anyway.
It's not difficult to make it and by mashing the strawberries through a sieve there are no seeds in the sauce (and we like that better).
Strawberry plants
Nowadays you can buy strawberry plants everywhere and if you grow them yourself you can be sure that when you are picking, they are in season and so have the best taste. Strawberry planting is not difficult. You can plant them directly in the ground or in a special Strawberry Pot (see photo).
The advantage of such a pot is that the strawberries do not touch the ground. If they do, then they or quickly eaten by pests, such as earwigs or when it rains, the fruit dormant. This does not mean that you can't grow strawberries in the full ground. In that case, put some straw around the plant, where it will form fruit. Never before that moment, since it is a favorite hiding place for pests. The fungus won't get to the fruit that fast, but pick daily!
- By sieving the sauce you'll remove the seeds. This isn't really necessary (we just like it better that way). But if you don't mind seeds, you can remove this step (and the recipe will even become better).
- When strawberries are in season, you'll only need ¼ cup confectioner's sugar to give it the right flavor. Because strawberries are so sweet then. But if you're before or after season, strawberries tend to be less sweet and you'll probably need some extra. So taste to be sure of the right sweetness.
- This sauce can be kept up to 2 days in the refrigerator. Do you want to keep it a bit longer? Store it up to 2 days in the freezer.
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Strawberry sauce
Instructions
- Wash the strawberries and hull them.
- Put half of the strawberries in the blender and mash them. It can also be done with a fork or a mixer.
- Push the pulp through a fine sieve (the seeds will not get into the sauce).
- Mix the sugar through the sauce.
- The other halve of the strawberries are quartered and then sliced in half. The pieces of strawberries are mixed through the sauce.
- Chill for about an hour and it's ready to serve.
Notes
- By sieving the sauce you'll remove the seeds. This isn't really necessary (we just like it better that way). But if you don't mind seeds, you can remove this step (and the recipe will even become better).
- When strawberries are in season, you'll only need ¼ cup confectioner's sugar to give it the right flavor. Because strawberries are so sweet then. But if you're before or after season, strawberries tend to be less sweet and you'll probably need some extra. So taste to be sure of the right sweetness.
- This sauce can be kept up to 2 days in the refrigerator. Do you want to keep it a bit longer? Store it up to 2 days in the freezer.
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