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Blackberry Sauce

This very glossy, deeply colored sauce is especially good with Vanilla Ice Cream (page 143), but it also shines brightly alongside a fruit tart or a summer fruit galette.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 1 cup (250 ml)

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups (12 ounces/340 g) blackberries
3 tablespoons (45 g) sugar, or more to taste
1/4 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Purée the berries and remove the seeds by passing them through a food mill fitted with a fine disk into a medium bowl. Or, process the berries in a food processor fitted with the metal blade, then, using a rubber spatula, press the purée through a fine-mesh strainer set over a medium bowl.

    Step 2

    Whisk in the sugar and lemon juice until the sugar dissolves. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar, if desired.

  2. Storage

    Step 3

    This sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Cover of David Lebovitz's Ready for Dessert featuring plates of cookies and a glass of milk.
Reprinted with permission from Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes, copyright 2010 by David Lebovitz. Published by Ten Speed Press. All Rights Reserved. Buy the full book at Amazon or Bookshop.
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