Quick Strawberry Sauce
We make a quick sauce for pancakes using frozen strawberries. We have seen Sara Moulton make dessert/brunch sauces on her cooking shows and she has a couple of raspberries sauces in her new book. This is an easy sauce using pantry/freezer ingredients. We do not add much sugar to the sauce since we serve the pancakes with powdered sugar and maple syrup, so adjust the sugar accordingly. Originally served as part of: Valentine's Pancakes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup individually quick frozen strawberries
- 1 teaspoon juice lemon (freshly squeezed)
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Instructions
We start by placing the frozen strawberries into a measuring cup. We pour these into our food processor and start pureeing. When there aren't any big chunks of strawberries, we add the lemon juice and the sugar and puree some more. We taste - it's a delicious strawberry ice (our son loves it!).
We place the icy pureed mixture back into the measuring cup and microwave it for 30 seconds. We stir and when it is smooth we serve.
Ingredients
- 1 cup individually frozen strawberries
- 1 tsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- 2 tbsp confectioners' sugar (to taste)
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Kid job
Purée the frozen strawberries in the food processor until there are no big chunks. Add the lemon juice and sugar and purée again. (At this point it’s a strawberry ice our son loves.)
Pour it back into the measuring cup and microwave 30 seconds. Stir until smooth and serve over pancakes.