Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce comes collectively in just some minutes. Attempt a spoonful together with your morning yogurt or spooned over a stack of contemporary, scorching pancakes for a scrumptious deal with!
It’s not fairly spring right here in Ohio, however this weekend’s ample sunshine may have undoubtedly fooled you into considering we had been nicely on our approach to blooming tulips and bike rides. Nonetheless, one step exterior, made you shortly notice that the air remains to be fairly darn chilly, however all of the sunshine had me craving spring flavors and by chance our fridge was stocked.
As I’ve talked about earlier than, we subscribe to the grocery supply service, Door to Door Organics, and earlier this week, I by chance ordered far too many half-pint containers of blueberries. I blame it on drowsily adjusting my order at 2 o’clock within the morning whereas we had been up with our sick little babe.
I considered freezing the blueberries for smoothies or snacking, however realized I already had a number of frozen baggage within the freezer. Since I had no plans of consuming blueberries with each meal, I made a decision to whip up a batch of do-it-yourself blueberry sauce for our Sunday morning pancakes. And since I doubled the batch – see I advised ya, I ordered method too many – now we have lots leftover.
Do-it-yourself blueberry sauce comes collectively on the stovetop in lower than ten minutes with just some staple substances: contemporary or frozen blueberries, water, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. And it’s completely scrumptious spooned over absolutely anything from pancakes and waffles to ice cream and cheesecake. We additionally love stirring a spoonful into vanilla, Greek-style yogurt with a sprinkle of granola for enjoyable and attractive afternoon snack.
Whether or not you’re serving this sauce up with breakfast, dessert or a noon snack, it’s certain to please the blueberry lover in your life and get you within the temper for spring!
For those who’re on the lookout for extra breakfast concepts, you should definitely try my Olive Oil Banana Walnut Muffins and these unimaginable Lemon Raspberry Scones.
This Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce submit was up to date from the archives. It initially appeared on My Baking Dependancy in 2011.
Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce
Yield: about 8 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Prepare dinner Time: 5-10 minutes
Complete Time: quarter-hour
Elements:
- 2 cups contemporary or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons contemporary lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch, blended with 2 tablespoons chilly water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon), non-obligatory
Instructions:
- In a medium saucepan over medium warmth, mix the blueberries, 1/2 cup of water, sugar and lemon juice. Stir often, and convey to a low boil.
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of chilly water.
- Slowly stir the cornstarch into the blueberries, taking care to not crush the blueberries. Simmer till the do-it-yourself blueberry sauce is thick sufficient to coat the again of a steel spoon, about 5 minutes.
- Take away from warmth and gently stir in vanilla and lemon zest.
Notes:
- The quantity of sugar that you simply use will depend upon the sweetness of your berries, merely alter the quantity to suite your style.
- If this sauce is just too thick for you, slowly add in water till you attain the specified consistency.
- No lemons available? This do-it-yourself blueberry sauce recipe tastes actually nice with orange juice and zest.
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