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Raspberry Puree Recipe

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Raspberry Sauce (Puree) Recipe

Although fruit sauces are a staple in most commercial pastry kitchens, they are often overlooked by home bakers.  What most people do not know is that this Raspberry Sauce (puree) has a wonderfully intense sweet and tangy raspberry flavor that rivals fresh raspberries at their peak. In fact, this raspberry sauce does not even use fresh raspberries, instead frozen unsweetened berries are used which are available year round and at a reasonable price. 

I have used frozen unsweetened raspberries for a couple of reasons. First, I find the flavor of frozen raspberries is always excellent as the berries are picked at their peak and then quickly frozen. Also, unlike fresh fruit that spoils very quickly, fruit sauces will keep in the refrigerator for at least a week and can even be frozen for several months. Raspberry sauce has many uses; for a quick weekday dessert it can be simply poured over a bowl of ice cream or frozen yogurt or used to make a delicious and healthy milkshake. It also is very nice as an accompaniment to chocolate desserts or a variety of other plated desserts. It can also be used to make raspberry flavored whipped cream which can then be used to fill and frost a variety of cakes.

 

Raspberry Puree: Thaw the unsweetened frozen raspberries in a large fine meshed strainer suspended over a large bowl.  (This may take a few hours.)  Once the berries have completely thawed, force the juice from the berries by gently pressing the berries with the back of a large spoon. All that should remain in the strainer is the raspberry seeds. Throw away the raspberry seeds and, to the strained juice, stir in the lemon juice (if using) and 1/2 cup (100 grams) of white sugar (add more if needed). (For extra flavor you could add a little raspberry liqueur.)

Store covered in the refrigerator up to a week, or freeze up to a year.

Makes approximately 1 3/4 cups (420 ml).

Raspberry Puree:

2 - 12 ounce bags (680 grams) of frozen raspberries (unsweetened)

1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar, or to taste

1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice (optional)

 

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