Blueberry sauce facts for kids
Blueberry sauce is a yummy topping made mostly from blueberries. It's often made by cooking blueberries down until they are thick. This sauce can be sweet, like for desserts, or savory, for main dishes. It all depends on how you prepare it!
How to Make Blueberry Sauce
You can use either fresh or frozen blueberries to make this sauce. Sometimes, people even use wild blueberries. You can make the sauce smooth or a bit chunky. If you want it super smooth, you can push it through a sieve to remove any bits.
You can also freeze blueberry sauce to save it for later. There are two main kinds of blueberry sauce: sweet and savory.
Savory Blueberry Sauce
Savory means it's not sweet, or only a little bit sweet. This type of blueberry sauce might not have much sugar. Instead, it can include ingredients like cider vinegar, chicken broth, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and corn starch.
Savory blueberry sauce is often used on meats. It tastes great with roasted pork, chicken, lamb, or duck. Sometimes, it's served on the side of the plate instead of on top of the food.
Sweet Blueberry Sauce
Sweet blueberry sauce is also called blueberry compote. This kind of sauce is perfect for desserts. The main ingredients are blueberries and water. After that, recipes can be different!
Most sweet sauces use a sweetener like sugar. People sometimes add lemon juice, orange juice, butter, and corn starch. You can even make a spiced version with cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.
Sweet blueberry sauce is delicious on many treats. Try it on cheesecake, cake, or ice cream. It's also a fantastic topping for breakfast foods like pancakes, waffles, and French toast.
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A wild blueberry sauce prepared using whole blueberries
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Colostrum pudding, an Icelandic dessert, with cinnamon sugar and a puréed blueberry sauce
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Blueberry-stuffed French toast, topped with wild Maine blueberry sauce and whole blueberries
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Cheesecake topped with a blueberry sauce
