An easy 3-ingredient strawberry coulis recipe that can be made with fresh or frozen strawberries.
Perfect for stirring through yogurt, drizzling on pancakes and waffles, or eating with ice cream!
I love making a batch of this quick and easy strawberry coulis when strawberries are in season!
It keeps really well in the fridge and can be used in so many different ways!
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- Quick and easy to make
- Use fresh or frozen strawberries
- Freezer Friendly
- Great for breakfast or dessert
- Use up a glut of summer strawberries
🛒 Ingredients
- Strawberries - I use fresh strawberries in the summer and frozen strawberries out of season. Both work well.
- Lemon - the juice of half a lemon is needed in the recipe, but you could also use the zest of the lemon to make it even more lemony.
- Icing Sugar - only a small amount is needed to sweeten the coulis.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
- Place the washed, hulled and quartered strawberries in a saucepan and simmer on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Stir regularly to avoid the strawberries from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Use a stick blender (or food processor) to puree the strawberry mixture to a smooth sauce like consistency.
- Press the coulis through a fine sieve (over a large bowl) for an extra smooth and silky strawberry coulis sauce.
💭 Top tips
- Taste the strawberries before pureeing them, and adjust the sweetness if necessary. If you want the coulis to be sweeter stir through a little more icing sugar and whisk to dissolve.
- If using frozen berries there is no need to defrost them first.
🍴 Serving suggestions
There are so many ways to use strawberry coulis. Here are some ideas!
- Stir through Greek yogurt, granola, or porridge (oatmeal) for breakfast.
- Drizzle over waffles, pancakes, buttermilk pancakes, and french toast.
- Swirl through vanilla cheesecake.
- Spoon over vanilla or honeycomb ice cream.
- Spread on scones in place of jam and top with clotted cream and fresh strawberries.
📖 Variations
- Try using different fruits such as raspberry, blackberries or blackcurrants.
- Use orange or lime juice instead of lemon
- Add the zest of the lemon (or other citrus fruit) to the coulis for a sharper flavour.
- Make a double batch and freeze half.
🥡 Storage
The cooled strawberry coulis can be kept in the fridge for up to 5 days. I keep it in a sterilised jar or in an air-tight container.
The coulis can also be frozen. Allow it to cool fully before placing in a freezer-safe container.
❓ FAQs
Coulis is a sauce made from puréed soft fruits or vegetables. Fruit coulis is most commonly used as an accompaniment to hot or cold desserts or breakfast.
Fruit contains natural pectin, which means you should not need to thicken the coulis. Coulis should be a sauce-like pourable consistency. Coulis will continue to thicken on cooling, so if it seems a little runny when first made, it will soon thicken up once cool.
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Recipe
Easy Strawberry Coulis
Ingredients
- 400 g Strawberries washed, hulled and quartered
- 25 g Icing Sugar
- ½ Lemon juice only
Instructions
- Place the strawberries, icing sugar, and lemon juice in a pan and simmer on a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Blend to a smooth sauce using a stick blender or food processor.
- Place a metal sieve over a bowl and press the strawberry coulis through the sieve.
- Spoon or pour the coulis into jars or an air-tight container and store in the fridge.
Notes
- Taste the strawberries before pureeing them, and adjust the sweetness if necessary. If you want the coulis to be sweeter stir through a little more icing sugar and whisk to dissolve.
- If using frozen berries there is no need to defrost them first.
- Try using different fruits such as raspberry, blackberries or blackcurrants.
- Use orange or lime juice instead of lemon
- Add the zest of the lemon (or other citrus fruit) to the coulis for a sharper flavour.
- Make a double batch and freeze half.
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Jess
Oooh you had me at ice cream! Love drizzling this over some fresh homemade vanilla ice cream. Yummmmm!
Andrea
I love how simple this recipe is. I can make this any time I want. Perfect for breakfast foods or desserts.
Shadi Hasanzadenemati
Love all the ingredients, can’t wait to try this! It looks so delicious and easy!
Nathan
I've never made a coulis before, I didn't realize how simple it was! Definitely going to try this out on top of some pancakes for a breakfast treat!
veenaazmanov
Perfect for a topping or a spread too. I love this seasonal fruit. Best to stock some in my fridge.