Berry Wine Ice Cream Sauce
Dessert doesn't get much better than this berry wine ice cream sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 quart fresh strawberries rinsed, stems and leaves removed, cut into quarters
- 6 ounces fresh blueberries rinsed, stems removed
- 6 ounces fresh raspberries rinsed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons red wine Cabernet, Merlot, Pinot Noir, or Zinfandel
- 1/2 teaspoon orange or tangelo zest
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
Instructions
- In a medium size bowl, add the strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. Set aside for a moment.
- To a medium size saucepan, add sugar and water. Heat the saucepan on low to medium heat and stir.
- To the saucepan add the berries and stir. Then add the lemon juice, wine, and zest. Stir together.
- Continue stirring as the sauce thickens. It takes about 10 minutes for the sauce to thicken.
- If making the sauce ahead of time, let cool for 1 hour and put the sauce in a container with a lid (a mason jar works well) and keep it in the refrigerator no longer than 3 to 4 days.
- Serve the berry wine sauce warm over ice cream.
- Try adding some chocolate sauce over the vanilla ice cream before adding the berry wine sauce.