An easy, 3-ingredient blackcurrant coulis recipe. Great for using up a glut of blackcurrants from your garden or allotment (you might also like my blackcurrant compote recipe).
The tart and fruity coulis is delicious stirred through yogurt, spooned over ice cream, or served with a plain vanilla cheesecake.
Would you like to save this?
We'll email you this post for easy access later! You'll also join the Effortless Foodie mailing list and receive my popular 'No Bake Bars and Slices' eBook for free!
This site is protected by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
We've had an abundance of blackcurrants on the allotment this year. There are so many that even the birds are getting tired of them!
This blackcurrant coulis recipe is a straightforward and delicious way to make use of the surplus.
👩🍳 Don't forget to give my strawberry coulis a try next!
Jump to:
✔️ Why should you try it?
- Blackcurrant coulis can enhance a wide range of dishes, from desserts like ice cream, cheesecake, and panna cotta to savoury dishes like roasted meats and salads.
- Blackcurrants are packed with vitamins, especially vitamin C, and antioxidants, which are beneficial for your immune system and overall health. Making coulis is a tasty way to incorporate these nutrients into your diet.
- If you have an excess of blackcurrants, making coulis is an excellent way to preserve the fruit and prevent waste. You can store it in the fridge or freezer, allowing you to enjoy the seasonal bounty long after the harvest.
🥘 Ingredients
- 250g Blackcurrants
- 50g Caster Sugar
- Water
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract (optional)
🥄 Equipment
A large saucepan to heat the coulis, as well as a fine sieve and bowl, for straining the cooked fruit.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Place the blackcurrants, sugar, and water into a pan.
Two: Bring to a boil and then simmer on a medium heat for 5 minutes.
Three: Once cooled, strain the mixture through a sieve, using the back of a spoon to help press it through.
Four: Refrigerate in an airtight container.
🍴 Serving suggestions
- Spoon the blackcurrant puree through creamy Greek yogurt for breakfast with some of my homemade cinnamon-spiced stewed apples. I also use the blackcurrant coulis in my frozen yogurt bites.
- Serve with scotch pancakes or buttermilk pancakes.
- Pour the blackcurrant sauce over vanilla or lemon cheesecake.
- One of my favourite ways to serve blackcurrant coulis is with slow cooker porridge.
- Drizzle on top of sweet meringues, with whipped cream, for a quick and impressive dessert.
You might also like my blackcurrant crumble recipe!
📖 Variations
Any soft fruit would work well, such as raspberries, blackberries, or blueberries.
Frozen fruit can also be used to make the coulis.
For a bit of extra decadence, you could replace a quarter of the water (25ml), with blackcurrant liqueur (cassis).
🥡 Storage
Coulis will keep in the fridge for 5 days. Alternatively, you can also freeze it. Why not make a double batch and freeze half to enjoy out of season.
When the coulis is cooled, pour it into a freezer-safe container and seal with a lid.
❓ FAQS
A coulis is a fruit sauce made from strained or pureed fruit. Restaurant chefs often use coulis as a decorative accompaniment to desserts
Use cornflour (cornstarch), mixed with a little water, to whisk into the finished coulis on low-medium heat, to thicken it.
Blackcurrants can be eaten raw but are very sour. More usually they are cooked or stewed with a little sugar.
Blackcurrants contain high levels of vitamin C and natural phenolic compounds. They are often classed as a superfood.
😋Related recipes
- Easy raspberry coulis
- Easy strawberry coulis
- Easy blueberry compote
- Blackberry coulis
- Stewed Rhubarb
🍽️ More family-friendly recipes
Don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date with what's cooking in the Effortless Foodie kitchen! You can also follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram too!
Recipe
Easy Blackcurrant Coulis Recipe
Would you like to save this?
We'll email you this post for easy access later! You'll also join the Effortless Foodie mailing list and receive my popular 'No Bake Bars and Slices' eBook for free!
This site is protected by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Equipment
- Large Saucepan
- Sieve
Ingredients
- 250 g Blackcurrants
- 50 g Caster Sugar
- 100 ml Water
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract optional
Instructions
- In a large pan, place the blackcurrants, sugar and water, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.250 g Blackcurrants, 50 g Caster Sugar, 100 ml Water
- Take off the heat (add the vanilla extract if using), then spoon the cooked blackcurrants into a sieve, over a large bowl. Push the blackcurrants through the sieve with the back of a spoon.½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Pour the coulis into a bowl or jug, and store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Video
MELANIE EDJOURIAN
I do love coulis and have been known to make it on occassion. This is such an easy recipe and it works well drizzled over a range of things. I love it over yogurt.
Yeah Lifestyle
What a simple recipe and the blackcurrant coulis will surely make any dessert, porridge or pancake taste that much nicer, will be making this recipe for sure.
Liam | Whatthedadsaid
This looks delicious and great idea, i like it with a little oyghurt and granola, lovely for breakfast etc, gets you going and relatively healthy
Kira
Wow ! This looks absolutely delicious and definitely a dessert that’s right up my street. Will be trying it out over the weekend . Yum!
Nichola - Globalmouse
Oh gosh I love blackcurrants so much but it's not always easy to know what to do with them. This sounds perfect, yum!!
Samantha Donnelly
I do love coulis but have to admit I have never tried making it before. I am going to have to try your recipe
Stephanie Merry
I love a blackcurrent coulis over a vanilla cheesecake. I've never thought of making my own before but this looks so simple and delicious! x
Rhian westbury
Your suggestion of this drizzled over vanilla or lemon cheesecake sounds dreamy. I'm not usually a fruity dessert kind of person but just a little bit to pack a punch sounds great x
Kara Guppy
I have noticed the blackberries are ready to pick and this is a great recipe, thank you
Neha
Coulis is just the best right and just a good way to use excess fruit. This one sounds rather perfect especially over some eton mess
Karen Langridge
I bet that tastes great, my husband made a bilberry coulis to put on top of cheesecake a few weeks ago and it went down a treat! I bet it would be lovely over pancakes.
Dannii
I can't wait to pick some blackcurrants so I can make this. It looks amazing.
Lisa | Garlic & Zest
I love this sweet tart coulis -- and can honestly find an excuse to put it on literally everything from morning yogurt to pound cake and ice cream, even mixed into a smoothie!
Toni Dash
This is really good!! I love that it is so easy to make!
Pam Greer
This coulis is such a great thing to have in the fridge! We love it on yogurt and even on pancakes!
Denay DeGuzman
We enjoy coulis over waffles, yogurt and ice cream. Yum. Yum. This is a delicious recipe that's incredibly versatile!
Bhawana
wow, explained it so well. I wanted to try it from a long time. a worth trying recipe for sure.
Alexandra
So many delicious uses for this wonderful coulis! Yum!
Anjali
This was so delicious!! We used it as a topping for french toast in the morning and it turned out great!
Emily
This easy blackcurrant coulis turned out so delicious! I did what your recommended and doubled the recipe and froze half for later.
Eden
Oh my gosh, this was the best coulis I’ve ever eaten. Thank you so much for the recipe!