Junior's Fresh Strawberry Sauce
This is the strawberry sauce to serve over Junior's Pound Cake which I have posted separately. Also great on ice cream. This can be frozen. Yield is estimated.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 3quarts fresh ripe strawberries
- 1 1⁄4cups cold water
- 1 1⁄2cups sugar
- 3tablespoons cornstarch
- 3drops red food coloring (optional)
- 1teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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DIRECTIONS
- Wash, sort through, hull, and slice the berries 1/2 inch thick.
- Bring 1 cup of the water and the sugar to a boil in a medium sized sauce pan over high heat.
- Boil for 5 minutes.
- Mix cornstarch and the remaining 1/4 cup water together in a cup until the cornstarch throughly dissolves.
- Slowly whisk this mixture into the boiling syrup.
- Return to a full boil and boil for 2 minutes.
- Remove the syrup from the heat and whisk in the food coloring if you wish.
- Stir in the vanilla and gently fold in the strawberries.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
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