Strawberry Sauce (Strawberry Glaze)

This strawberry sauce or strawberry glaze is made with puréed strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Fresh strawberry pieces are mixed in for extra flavor and texture. It's a fantastic glaze or topping for cheesecake, strawberry shortcake, pancakes, angel food cake, waffles, ice cream, and more!

This strawberry sauce or glaze is hands down the best topping for cheesecakes, cakes, and ice cream! It's a versatile dessert sauce that's delightfully sweet from ripe strawberries and brightened with just the right amount of lemon juice. Best of all, it's incredibly simple and easy to make and requires just 4 ingredients!

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1. Start with fresh, ripe strawberries. Wash and hull them to remove the stem. Then chop half the strawberries into small pieces and halve the remaining half.
2. Purée the chopped strawberry pieces using an immersion blender or food processor.

3. Add the strawberry purée, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch to a pot and stir together to combine. Heat over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil to thicken.
4. Once it boils, turn off the heat and add the halved strawberries.

5. Stir gently to combine to avoid smashing the fresh strawberry halves. It will soften in the sauce and add a wonderful texture and visual appeal to the sauce.
6. Taste the sauce and adjust with more lemon juice and sugar, depending on the sweetness of the strawberries. For a thinner sauce, add one teaspoon of water at a time. Note: the glaze will thicken as it cools.

Allow the strawberry sauce to completely cool before using it as a glaze for cakes or topping for cheesecake. But for pancakes, waffles, and French toast, I prefer serving it warm.

Ways to serve strawberry sauce or glaze

• Cheesecakes - New York cheesecake, Chocolate Cheesecake
• Strawberry shortcake
• Breakfast items - pancakes, waffles, French toast, crepes
• Cakes - chiffon cake, sponge cake, matcha cake, angel food cake, pound cake
• Ice cream

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