Blueberry Sauce: Easy and Homemade!

Blueberry Sauce – Bursting With Flavor and Freshness

Making your own fruit sauce couldn’t be easier. If you start with fresh delicious blueberries that are sweet, flavorful and at the peak of freshness, your sauce will be good enough to eat with a spoon!

Fresh fruit sauces can turn an ordinary dessert into something exceptional.

Here’s a few of our popular sauce recipes everyone loves.

• Fresh Cherry Sauce
• 5 Minute Berry Sauce
• Rhubarb Sauce
• Warm Black and Blueberry Sauce
• Lemon Curd

Ingredients for the Best Blueberry Sauce

• fresh blueberries, or frozen blueberries work well too
• lemon juice
• vanilla extract
• granulated sugar
• pinch of table salt
• cornstarch mixed with cold water

How to Make Our Easy Blueberry Sauce Recipe:

1. First clean the blueberries removing any stems and debris. Rinse in cool water and drain. Add the blueberries, lemon juice, vanilla, sugar and salt to a medium saucepan. Stir to combine then bring to a boil over medium to medium-high heat.
2. Once simmering, smash some of the blueberries with a fork, leaving some whole.
3. In a small bowl combine the cornstarch and water and blend until dissolved. Add about half the mixture to the blueberries and simmer until thickened. If you prefer a thicker sauce, add more cornstarch mixture. To thin add water one tablespoon at a time.
4. Remove from the heat and serve warm.

How to Serve Homemade Blueberry Sauce

Try our delicious Blueberry Sauce ladled over just about any of your favorite desserts.

Some of our favorite ways to enjoy this sauce is with a slice of toasted Pound Cake or Angel Food Cake. This also makes a great topping on our classic New York Style Cheesecake.

Use in place of maple syrup on Buttermilk Pancakes, French Toast or Waffles.

This sauce is even delicious swirled in a bowl of plain or vanilla yogurt, oatmeal or spooned over ice cream. Create beautiful parfaits with using yogurt, granola and blueberry sauce.

Storing

Once cooled, store any leftover sauce in a glass jar with a lid in the fridge. Blueberries may stain plastic storage containers so I prefer to use glass.

Well sealed and refrigerated blueberry sauce will keep for up to a week.

Reheating

Gently rewarm blueberry sauce in a small saucepan on the stove top over low heat. Or, reheat in a microwave safe glass bowl on 50% power for 2 minutes. Stir and repeat until warmed through.

This sauce can also be served cold as needed.

Variations and Add-In’s

• Substitute orange zest and/or orange juice for the lemon if desired.
• Add a pinch of cinnamon for a wonderful warm vibe.
• Substitute almond extract for the vanilla.
• Use half blueberries and half blackberries.