Cherry Sauce with just 5 ingredients

Cherry Sauce using only 5 ingredients is easy to make at home. Perfect to use for cakes, cheesecakes, ice cream, pancakes, waffles or any dessert.

I can never pass up on dessert, can you? But when a dessert has fruit in it, it feels almost good for you! Using the best fruits of the season to make desserts like Roasted Fruit with Prosecco and Honey or Apple Pannacotta with Crumble, means a truly sweet ending to a meal. This Cherry Sauce is simple, quick and easy and a great topper for lots of desserts.

What ingredients you will need for this fruit sauce.

This sauce is so simple and needs only 5 ingredients.

1. Cherries – fresh or frozen
2. Sugar
3. Lemon juice
4. Cornstarch (cornflour)
5. Almond extract

Plus water if you think of that as an ingredient!

How to make Homemade Cherry Sauce.

• Bring cherries, sugar, and water to a simmer.
• Mix cornstarch (cornflour) with water in a small bowl.
• Thicken cherries mixture with cornstarch slurry.
• Cook until thick and clear about 2 minutes.
• Pour into a small bowl to cool or glass jar to store in the refrigerator.

Can I use canned cherries?

Yes, it’s even more simple if you use canned cherries. The juice in the canned cherries is substituted for the water, lemon juice, and sugar. To make Cherry sauce with canned cherries here’s what you do.

1. Use two 415gram/15ounce cans of pitted black cherries in syrup.
2. Heat in a saucepan until simmering.
3. Add cornstarch/cornflour slurry as per the original recipe.
4. Thicken and continue as per the original recipe.

This Easy Cherry Sauce is perfect for so many desserts!

Use this sauce over cakes, cheesecakes, ice cream, pancakes, waffles or any dessert. This Homemade Cherry sauce is perfect in trifles like my individual Trifle Dessert Cups. I also like to spoon it over my yoghurt and granola for breakfast.

Cherry Sauce is so simple to make especially if you keep frozen pitted cherries in the freezer. You’ll never be without a delicious dessert in minutes. Simply prepared this easy sauce and spoon it over ice cream.

Baci,

Try these for more quick dessert sauces and dips.
Lemon Curd
Microwave Strawberry Jam
Sweet Ricotta Dip 
Trifle Desserts with Mascarpone and Cherries
Easy Raspberry Coulis from The Baking Journey

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Cherry Sauce

Cherry Sauce using only 5 ingredients is easy to make at home using either fresh or frozen cherries. Perfect to use for cakes, cheesecakes, ice cream, pancakes, waffles or any dessert.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings:6 people with cake, icecream or other dessert

Author: Marcellina

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups fresh or frozen pitted cherries
• ▢ ½ cup sugar
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ 6 teaspoons cornstarch cornflour
• ▢ 2 tablespoons water
• ▢ ½ teaspoon almond extract

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Place cherries, sugar and water into a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer for 2 minutes (if using fresh cherries you may need a few more minutes to slightly soften the cherries)
• Mix cornstarch (cornflour) with water in a small bowl.
• Lower the heat on the cherries, then pour in the cornstarch and water stirring all the time.
• Increase heat to a simmer.
• Cook until thick and clear about 2 minutes.
• Pour into a small bowl to cool or glass jar to store in the refrigerator

Notes

Using canned cherries.

Yes, it's even more simple if you use canned cherries. The juice in the canned cherries is substituted for the water, lemon juice, and sugar. To make Cherry sauce with canned cherries here's what you do.

1. Use two 415gram/15ounce cans of pitted black cherries in syrup.
2. Heat in a saucepan until simmering.
3. Add cornstarch/cornflour slurry as per the original recipe.
4. Thicken and continue as per the original recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 102mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 29IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg

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