51 strawberry sauce recipes

A quick microwave cherry sauce made with dark sweet cherries, cornstarch, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Spoon over ice cream or cake in under 10 minutes.

Stirred custard sauce is a quick microwave crème anglaise with egg yolks, half and half, amaretto, and vanilla. Silky and ready to spoon over fresh fruit.

Fresh berries with a blended sweet yogurt sauce made from low-fat yogurt, jam, and citrus zest. A light, 5-minute no-cook dessert that's diet-friendly.

A 3-ingredient strawberry jelly made with lemon-flavored gelatin and frozen strawberries. No cooking, no canning, and it sets in the fridge in about 2 hours.

Fruit salsa sundaes scoop vanilla ice cream into crisp tortilla bowls and top with peaches, strawberries, candied ginger, and lime zest. A Tex-Mex inspired summer dessert that takes 25 minutes.

Yogurt heart with strawberry coulis is a light molded yogurt panna cotta unmolded onto a pool of strawberry sauce. A romantic Valentine's Day dessert that's lighter than cheesecake.

Seafood cocktail salad with shrimp, avocado, honeydew, cantaloupe, orange, and strawberries on lettuce, dressed with a tangy cocktail-sauce-and-salad-dressing mix. A light summer main course.

Very berry salsa is a sweet-savory fruit salsa of blueberries and strawberries with Vidalia onion, blueberry vinegar, and toasted almonds. Served over sorbet or with pork and poultry.

Strawberry chicken baked in a sweet-tangy sauce of tomato, strawberry jam, red wine vinegar, chili powder, thyme, and ginger. Unexpected fruit-glazed weeknight main.

Layered banana split ice cream cake with strawberry, vanilla-pineapple, and chocolate ice cream layers, homemade chocolate sauce, and fresh strawberry sauce. Serves 12.

Crunchy napa cabbage and sweet strawberries tossed with toasted almonds in a warm Sichuan dressing of sesame oil, five spice, and crystallized ginger. Ready in 15 minutes flat.

Light mini pancakes made with yogurt and egg whites, served with a homemade cornstarch-thickened berry sauce. A leaner brunch stack that doesn't taste like a compromise.

Hawaiian macadamia nut cheesecake with a graham-macadamia crust, lilikoi (passion fruit) sauce, and strawberry sauce. A tropical island dessert with two fruit sauces.

Strawberry crepes flambe fresh berries in a citrus-butter-brandy syrup, then fold them into delicate crepes glazed with the reduced sauce. Showy New Orleans-style dessert ready in 30 minutes.

A no-bake cheesecake with a cloud-light filling of cream cheese, whipped cream, and stiff egg whites set on a buttery graham cracker crust. Crowned with a homemade cooked strawberry sauce.

White chocolate mousse made with Italian meringue, imported white chocolate, and whipped cream, served over a fresh strawberry-kirsch sauce. An elegant restaurant-quality dessert.