Blackberry coulis

Blackberry coulis

This vibrant and versatile fruit sauce is perfect for serving with ice cream, pancakes or layered up in creamy desserts

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes about 150ml/¼ pint

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15-20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Put the blackberries and sugar into a small pan with 100ml/31⁄2fl oz water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 mins until the fruit is soft. Stir in the vanilla, remove and cool a little.
  2. Tip the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor, and whizz to a purée, then strain through a sieve, rubbing it through with the back of a ladle or spoon. Serve warm or chilled. Keeps in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
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Making it red!

For a Raspberry & redcurrant coulis, simmer 140g/5oz redcurrants with 2 tbsp caster sugar and 4 tbsp water until the fruit bursts. Cool, then whizz in a food processor with 250g/9oz raspberries. Strain.

Per tablespoon serving

11 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2004.

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  • 28 July 2008

    Nina rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very quick simple way to use up berries just passing their prime for eating plain - this tastes fabulous on vanilla ice cream.

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  • 02 September 2008

    Lacuna rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Works great! I made two batches, using raspberry for on some pancakes and blueberries for on some ice cream later in the day, both tasted lovely. Will definitely make again.

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    06 September 2008

    sue commented on this recipe

    I have been given 2lb of fresh blackberries.So I put them with a little watter ,a dash of red wine ,golden caster suger and a large dollop of honey and lastly a good splattering of honey liqueur, left from last xmas. Brought to the boil and simmered until the fruit was tender. stored in the freezer for a refreshing topping on ice-cream for this x-mas.Yummy.

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  • 15 October 2008

    Julie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was lovely, I used it as a coulis with melon. My children really liked it.

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  • 18 December 2008

    craig commented on this recipe

    i loved it on top of choclate mousse : )

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  • 16 September 2009

    RainbowElephant commented on this recipe

    This is fabulous! I've made it a fair few times now, but I don't always like to strain it after whizzing it up as I quite like the bits. It tastes yummy with melon, cooked apple and as a topping to a plain cheesecake. Delicious!

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  • 28 June 2010

    5 Star Chef commented on this recipe

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  • 08 August 2010

    Magda commented on this recipe

    I used less sugar and added some honey instead. Had it with pancakes with pieces of banana and apples - lovely Sunday breakfast! Our faces are still covered in blackberry coulis!!

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  • 02 September 2010

    jo_madzayo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this exactly as it told me too and was so yummy. I will definatley be making this one again, so easy to make and great on top of pancakes warm or on ice cream cold. Also nice in some yoghurt. Picked the blackberries and made it all within one hour.

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  • 04 September 2010

    Vickyloo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious and simple! I used blueberries, since that was what I had. Nobody really fancied dessert until I plonked the sauce on the table and then everyone was clambering for a bit of cake! I will definitely be making this again, with a variety of berries I'm sure!

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  • 28 May 2011

    Sadie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    good way to use up blackberries and gets rid of seeds

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  • 01 July 2011

    Glenys commented on this recipe

    Going to try this with Tay Berries and redcurrants as it seems pretty idiot-proof. I'll try and think on to let you know how it went :-)

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  • Binder photo sue

    09 August 2011

    sue commented on this recipe

    Delicious! Easy recipe and taste great on vanilla ice cream! Will be making pancakes tomorrow just so I can pour this tasty coulis over them! : )

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  • 13 August 2011

    Cerys rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Amazing! I made this recipe with pancakes for my family, my dad loves it and so did my sisters and I! I'm 13 and I found this easy! x :)

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  • 29 October 2011

    viennablue rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    delicious and easy to make, makes ice cream something really special. I also added a desert spoon full of sloe gin (berries and sloes picked by me and my husband, love to do a bit of foraging) and this made it very tasty. will definately try with other fruits too. :-)

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  • 04 September 2012

    coolaboula rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A very delicious and easy recipe! I had some blackberries in my fridge that had seen better days and instead of throwing them out thought I'd see if they were still good for a coulis and they were! Turned out great and had the coulis over homemade waffles with cream!

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  • 16 February 2013

    Mihaela commented on this recipe

    Great recipe! I've used both blackberries and raspberries and did not sieve it at the end, as the fruit pulp/bits makes a good addition. The sauce tastes just like a blackberry/raspberry jam. I've used this sauce for the icing of the Coconut and Raspberry Cupcakes recipe on BBC Good Food: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2198648/coconut-and-raspberry-cupcakes?binderbox=showlogin&countView=false

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes about 150ml/¼ pint

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15-20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

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Per tablespoon serving

11 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0 g

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