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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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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!