Strawberry Sauce
By Dave St.
This recipe makes 6-8 servings
Strawberry Sauce
This is a simple to make fresh strawberry sauce for use over angel food cake or ice cream.
Ingredients:
* Large container fresh, fully ripe strawberries, topped and cut into 2-3 pieces depending on their size
* Sugar
*Fine Ground Black Pepper
Top and cut up the strawberries placing them in a large soup pan. Add in 3/4 cups of cane sugar and a 1/4 cup of water. Bring to a strong simmer then reduce the heat and let it simmer, stirring regularly to dissolve the sugar and cook down the strawberries.
Once the strawberries are fairly soft, add in 1/8th teaspoon of finely ground black pepper. Continue to simmer reducing the moisture until it is the consistency of a warm jam. Spoon over freshly made angel food cake or a rich vanilla ice cream. (let it cool quite a bit before using on ice cream.
A note about the use of pepper. When done correctly, you won't actually taste the pepper. It simply acts as a brightening agent, increasing the intensity of the strawberry flavors.
