Saturday, January 23, 2010

Homemade Raspberry Sauce



...great for so many things. Chocolates, cookies, cake fillings, drizzling over sundaes. It's endless and will be endless once you try this!

Rich and Luscious Raspberry De-Lite
by Chef Korilynn

10 oz. Frozen Raspberries (Yes, you can use fresh too, but why waste a perfectly fresh raspberry for this)
1/4C. Sugar
1/4C. Rum
1 Vanilla Bean

1. In a medium sauce pan, heat all ingredients over medium heat. (*Note: If you are using a gas stove, please be careful that the flame is not coming up the side of your pot in ANYWAY. Unless you dont mind your eye brows no longer in place after the rum ignites in flame).
2. Once the sauce begins to boil slightly mash raspberries with either a fork or large spoon. Only until they are slightly broken up.
3. Allow to simmer until the sauce has reduced in size by 1/4. Sauce should be thin enough to drizzle off a spoon, but thick enough to still coat the back of your spoon. If sauce does not easily drizzle you have boiled this too long and you are ready for jam! Kididng. Add 1T. of water slowly until sauce is able to drizzle. DO NOT ADD COLD WATER.
Do you have to use rum? Absolutely not! If you dont wish to use rum axe it. Will all of the rum cook out? No. This is a common misconception about alcohol and cooking. Yes, 85-90% of that alcohol content burns out, but you will never be 100% free of the alcohol in your recipes. I'm sorry to say. Hey, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's true.

Sauce freezes great! Simply pour into a heavy duty tupperware and freeze for up to three months.
Best use for this raspberry sauce? Pour over the pound cake you learned about yesterday! Or drizzle over a chocolate cupcake or mini cake and dust with powdered sugar.

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