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Warm Black & Blueberry Sauce ~ a simple fruit sauce made with blackberries and blueberries with a tangy bite from the fresh lemon juice. With just a little sugar, this versatile sauce is great on just about everything!
More blackberry recipes coming soon!
Warm Black & Blueberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup blackberries (fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the berries, water, sugar and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to medium-low. Gently simmer the sauce, stirring frequently, until it thickens and reduces to about 1 cup, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the butter and vanilla. Stir until the butter is melted. Serve the warm sauce spooned over plain Greek yogurt, ice cream, biscuits, pancakes, waffles or a simple Angel Food or Pound cake.
- Refrigerate leftovers in a jar with a lid.
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If you don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen but crave something fresh and sweet, fruit sauces are always a good choice!
Looking for more great berry recipes? We have a few bunch on SRFD and are featuring blueberry recipes this month. Click on the Blueberry widget below to explore fresh berry recipes. Another great way to enjoy berries is with ice cream – and we love our Lemon Ice Cream with a Blackberry Swirl and our easy Blackberry Frozen Yogurt sweetened with honey! There are so many amazing recipes out there in the world. Remember when we had to reply on index cards written by hand, and cookbooks that everybody had? I love having creative recipes only a click away. One recipe I’ve always wondered about is these BBQ Ribs with Blackberry Sauce from Living Locust. And I’m fascinated by this amazing Blackberry Chia Seed Jam from Two Peas & Their Pod!
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Deb
Sol delicious and so simple. Made this recipe exactly as is and it was fantastic spooned warm over vanilla ice cream.
Tricia Buice
Thanks for the feedback Deb – and for trying the recipe!
Delilah
Used as a topping for cheesecake as well as layering in parfaits between layers of full fat greek yogurt and whipped cream and berries. Perfectly tart and sweet. I think next time I will leave out the butter because although it is supposed to be served warm, when it cools it has teenie tiny solidified droplets of butter and it doesn’t look very appealing.
Tricia Buice
Sounds great Delilah – love the cheesecake topping! Thanks for the feedback and for commenting!
Agness of Run Agness Run
Wow! This is my kind of treat! I would love to prepare it soon, Tricia!
Tricia Buice
Thanks Agness – I hope you give it a try – so good on everything!
Susan Taylor-Fahnestock
Love this recipe. Made a double recipe for French Crepes. Would love to share a picture of them.
Tricia Buice
Oh I bet that was delicious Susan! You can reply to any of my emails with your photo. I would love to see it. If you’re on Instagram, tag me and I’ll stop by and give it some love. Thanks for the feedback!
sippitysup
Robins or no. These photos put me in blackberry heaven. GREG
Tricia Buice
Thanks Greg!
Liz
My husband is the blueberry pie lover, and I have a weakness for blackberries! This sauce would thrill us both. I’d love it over vanilla ice cream, but those parfaits are awfully tempting!!!
Tricia Buice
A match made in heaven 🙂 Thanks Liz – have a wonderful weekend!
opal
Refreshing way to use the fruit.
Tricia Buice
Thanks Opal!
cheri
Amazing sauce Tricia, i would love this on my yogurt in the morning. We’ve had our blueberry bushes about 6 years now and the darn birds seem to be one step ahead of us every year.
Tricia Buice
We love the birds, we feed the birds, then we want to get rid of the birds haha. We have some pretty fat robins this year 🙂 Hope you get plenty of berries! Happy weekend Cheri and thanks!
Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers
Love this Tricia! I can think of a dozen or more great uses for this 🙂 And beautiful, too!
Tricia Buice
Thanks Jennifer. Have a terrific weekend!
Monica
You make a chocoholic crave a fruit dessert! Looks so elegant and beautiful. I’d love to enjoy this sauce with yogurt in the morning or have it with some crepes or ice cream, as you said. The possibilities are all delicious!
Tricia Buice
Crepes is a great idea Monica – I like your thought process – haha! Have a terrific weekend and thank you!
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! I’d put it on my morning yogurt!
Tricia Buice
I love this sauce on yogurt – morning, noon or night 🙂 Thanks Sue!
Chris Scheuer
Beautiful Tricia! We have blueberry bushes that are LOADED but the birds do tend to get them almost as fast as I can. I think one of them gets wind of ripe berries and spreads the news quickly! I’d love to have a stash of this sauce in the fridge and can think of so many delicious ways to use it!
Tricia Buice
I think you’re right about the birds Chris. They must get invitations to our house! This sauce was worthy of a re-do, so I reposted it with better photos and an updated recipe. It goes great on just about anything. Have a lovely weekend!
Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen
This sauce looks and sounds so delicious, thanks so much for the recipe!
Dina
oh i love the berry sauce! delicious!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
I could slather this sauce on anything and everything!
Mary Younkin
ooooh, yum! love that bit of butter in it too. I bet this is delicious!
Mary
What a lovely sauce, Tricia. It can be used as a topper for so many desserts. It will become a kitchen staple for many of your readers. You never steer us wrong. Have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow
Yummmm… perfect for spring treats!! Glad you are enjoying some spring weather, Tricia!! blessings ~ tanna
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
That is more than a hint of dessert. That's an amazing dessert (said with a really big fake American accent.) 🙂
Juliana
What a beautiful combination blueberry and blackberry…looks delicious and test, I could have some right now on top of my vanilla ice cream :)<br />Thanks for the recipe and enjoy your week Tricia 🙂
Tania @ A Perfect Pantry
This looks divine… could probably freeze it too:)
SavoringTime in the Kitchen
This sounds like a wonderful sauce! I need to make some to put over my Greek yogurt in the morning.
Angie Schneider
What a stunning berry sauce, Tricia. That Greek yogurt looks beyond delicious.
Wendy
This looks so refreshing and delicious! Just the right amount of sweet to balance the tart creamy yogurt. I don't know why, but our supermarket has blackberries on sale all the time and I am always looking for new ways to use them! 🙂
Sue/the view from great island
This is one of my favorite posts you've done lately! I'm a blackberry fanatic, and these photos are just show stopping.
The Café Sucré Farine
Yum, yum, yum! This is almost too pretty to eat, but maybe it's just your photos that make it look that way Tricia! I'm thinking I'd love this for breakfast!
Abbe@This is How I Cook
Tricia, What gorgeous sauces! And great fresh ideas as the berry season is upon us. Thanks for this!
Shiloh Barkley
I love this! Pinning!