Barefoot Contessa's Blueberry Sauce

Submitted by Raquel Grinnell

"This sauce was created by Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa to those who don't know) to go with her Recipe #205777 that I posted here. No butter in this cake, but still moist and delicious! The blueberry sauce is pretty darn good, too."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 pints fresh blueberries, rinsed
• 1 cup vanilla sugar (or 1 cup sugar with 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

directions

1. Combine the blueberries and vanilla sugar in a large heavy saucepan. If you don't have vanilla sugar, just use a cup of sugar and a 1/4 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
2. Add 1 cup water and the lemon juice and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
3. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the mixture begins to thicken.
4. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine sieve.
5. Cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate.

Reviews

[Ms B.]

This sauce has excellent flavor. I used it as a topping with Recipe #174102 and for topping frozen Nutrigrain Eggos, too. My sauce didn't thicken much, but that could be because I didn't put it through a sieve. I left the berries whole to float in the sweet syrup and top my breakfasts. Yum!