Description
Let’s make an easy strawberry sauce using fresh strawberries. All you need is a blender and 3-4 ingredients. This sauce is ideal for pancakes, crepes, cheesecake, pound cake, and other desserts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g (17.6oz) fresh strawberries
- 1½ tbsps. ground chia seeds
- 3 tbsps. erythritol or date sugar (for Plantricious version)
- ½ tbsp. mesquite powder or Peruvian carob powder (optional)
- 1 tsp. lemon juice (optional)
Instructions
- Start by washing the strawberries and remove the leaves.
- Then, grind the chia seeds using a spice/coffee grinder. Grind a bigger batch and store the leftovers in a jar in the fridge. Use up in other recipes.
- Next, place all ingredients into a blender or beaker and, using a regular or immersion blender, process until you have smooth strawberry sauce.
- Consume immediately or store in a sealed container or a jar for up to 4 days.
Notes
Nutritional info for Plantricious version with date sugar (¼ of the recipe): 90.6 kcal, 16g carbohydrates, 1.4g fats, 1.7g protein, 3.6g fibre, 1.6mg sodium.
Feel free to use any preferred sweetener instead on erythritol or date sugar.
As far as chia seeds are concerned, you may use both white and black varieties.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Blender
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ of the recipe
- Calories: 56 kcal
- Sugar: 6.6g
- Sodium: 1.6mg
- Fat: 1.2g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Protein: 1.5g
