This is a wonderful recipe for raspberry sauce, also known as raspberry coulis. It takes your dessert up a notch in flavor and no chemicals or preservatives. More old fashioned dessert recipes at the bottom of the page.
RASPBERRY SAUCE RECIPE
It takes 5 minutes to make this raspberry coulis, but what you get packs a punch of flavor. Fresh raspberries will give you beautiful color and flavor, but frozen raspberries will also give you good results. Use berries that are frozen whole without syrup and defrost enough to process them.
1 pint (2 cups) fresh or frozen red raspberries (partially thawed if frozen) 3 TBS sugar or to taste
Place the berries and sugar in a blender and process until pureed. Taste and mix in more sugar if needed. Press the coulis through a strainer or a food mill to eliminate the seeds.
NOTE: Using the same technique, and adjusting the sugar to taste, you can make other fruit coulis. Instead of raspberries, use blueberries, strawberries or even exotic fruit like passion fruit, mango or pineapple.
PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees. Grease or use paper lined muffin tin; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, milk, oil and strawberry extract. Stir into the dry ingredients and mix JUST until incorporated (there will be lumps). Fold in quartered strawberries.
Spoon into greased muffin tins and sprinkle tops lightly with white sugar. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and top with a dollop of cream cheese frosting. Nestle a halved strawberry on top and smile. You just created a "good thing."
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