Strawberry Coulis

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5 from 1 vote

Simple homemade strawberry coulis has just three ingredients and about 10 minutes hands on time with no need to sieve. A recipe to return to every year to elevate your desserts to restaurant quality.

Servings: (makes about 2 cups)

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time3

Cook Time10

Ingredients

300 g strawberries - 1
75 g caster sugar - 2
1 tbsp lemon juice - fresh

Metric - USA Cups

Instructions

Wash the strawberries and remove the leaves and hulls. Cut larger berries into halves or quarters.
300 g strawberries
Put the strawberries in a saucepan and add the sugar. Juice the lemon and add the juice to the pan.
75 g caster sugar, 1 tbsp lemon juice
Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring all the time.
The strawberries will release their juice and this will combine with the sugar to make a thick syrup. This takes about 5–10 minutes.
Take off the heat and blitz with a stick blender until completely smooth. If you don't have a stick blender, you can use a jug blender.
When you are happy with your coulis, use immediately or transfer to a storage container, cover and store in the fridge once cold.

Notes

Ingredient Notes

Strawberries When buying strawberries make sure they are red all over, with no patches of unripe white fruit. Turn the punnet over and look at the ones at the bottom too, as these tend to go bad first.
Sugar I use golden caster sugar for an extra layer flavour, but any white sugar is fine, as it's all blended together. I do find soft dark and muscovado sugars too strongly flavoured for this use.

Storage

Fridge – Cover your strawberry coulis and move it to the fridge as soon as it is cold. Stores for about five days in a covered container.

Freezer – Once cool transfer to a airtight container and freeze. Because of the sugar the sauce will not freeze solid so keep the container upright or the sugary juice will slowly leak out and make the everything beneath it sticky.

Defrost overnight in the fridge to use.

Hints and tips

Check the sweetness once blitzed. Depending on the sweetness of the strawberries, you may wish to add some more sugar. If too sweet, then add a drop or two of lemon juice to offset

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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