This Strawberry Sauce will add extra sparkle to your pancakes, waffles, cakes, ice cream, or simple buttered toast. It‘s a delicious compote that‘s so easy to make in just 15 minutes with 5 simple ingredients.
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Before the strawberry season is over, I have two more strawberry recipes, including this one, to share with you. It’s been so difficult to decide what two recipes to share every week. I have several recipes that I cooked and photographed but haven’t had the time to edit or write to make them into a post. Hopefully, when both of my children go to school for the whole day, I can post my recipes more frequently (but that will not happen for another 2 years…).
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Until this year I have never made Strawberry Sauce for our pancakes or waffles and I’ve had indulged myself with fresh fruit sauce only at restaurants. If you are like me, I highly recommend you would make this sauce because it’s easy to make and so delicious!
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Make these buttermilk pancakes and enjoy them with Strawberry Sauce!
![A dish containing Buttermilk Pancakes with strawberry compote.](https://www.justonecookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Buttermilk-Pancakes-0487-III.jpg)
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Strawberry Sauce (Strawberry Compote)
Ingredients
- 1 lb strawberries
- 1 lemon
- ¼ cup sugar (4 Tbsp)
- ¼ cup water (4 Tbsp)
- 1 Tbsp potato starch or cornstarch
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Rinse 1 lb strawberries under cold water. Use the point of the knife to remove the hull out of the tops. When you have big strawberries, cut them in half.
- Zest and juice 1 lemon.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine ¼ cup sugar, ¼ cup water, and 1 Tbsp potato starch or cornstarch and whisk well. Tip: Alternatively, you can combine ALL the ingredients in the saucepan at once.
- Add the lemon zest and juice.
- Add in the strawberries and mix gently.
- Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes while stirring constantly and breaking up the strawberries. When the mixture thickens, remove from the heat. If you want to pureé it, allow it to cool slightly before adding it to the blender.
To Serve
- Serve with waffles, pancakes, French toast, crepes, ice cream, cheesecake, or whatever you like.
To Store
- Compote is not as thick as jam or jelly, and it‘s meant to be consumed relatively soon after making. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Looking forward to making this! If I make it ahead of time and put it in the fridge, will it get too thick to pour the following day?
Hi Maddie! I hope you enjoy the recipe! When chilled, the sauce gets thicken, so when you stop cooking, it should be pretty loose (not the final thickness). If it ends up too thick, just add water to loosen it. 🙂
I don’t have any potato starch or cornstarch in my pantry. Is there another way I can make this recipe with those ingredients?
Hi Ava! You need to thicken the sauce by cooking the juices down and then refrigerate to thicken it naturally. 🙂
perfect balance of sour and sweet![5 stars](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI4MCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNiIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDgwIDE2Ij48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIiBmaWxsPSIjZWJlYmViIi8+PC9zdmc+)
Hi N! Thank you! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
Really great I recommend putting less sugar I did about a half tablespoon of stevia and sugar and it tased perfect any more would have been too sweet. This might have been that I was using part Stevia but, overall this was a great recipe I would make it again with pancakes instead this time I made it for putting into yougut.![5 stars](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI4MCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNiIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDgwIDE2Ij48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIiBmaWxsPSIjZWJlYmViIi8+PC9zdmc+)
Hi Ivy! Thank you so much for the kind feedback. I’ve never used stevia but I’m glad you found the perfect sweetness to your liking. Thank you for sharing that with us and trying this recipe!
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Hi may i know this strawberry sauce it is consider strawberry jam which can spread on bread? thank you
Hi Shirley! No, it’s not like jam. The liquid is more runny so you can pour over the pancakes/waffles smoothly. Kind of like maple syrup texture. 🙂
does this recipe apply to other berries? like blueberry or raspberry?
Hi Yinyu! Sure! Depends on berries (some are sweeter some are not), adjust the amount of sugar. 🙂
Love strawberry compote. I’ve used this recipe when also making blueberry or raspberry compote. Just delicious. I use it in my oatmeal, on pancakes, waffles, and french toast or even when making with crumble. Just delicious~!!!
Hi Shiya! Thank you so much for using this recipe for blueberries and raspberries! So happy to hear you enjoy this recipe. I’m so jealous of your homemade compote for pancakes and waffles! Thank you for your time to write feedback! 🙂
Yum-o. Made this today. So yummy. Had it over biscuits. Thank you so much!
Hi Eric! Hmmm strawberry sauce over biscuits! That sounds delicious! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it. 🙂