For Father’s Day, I’m making my father a special dessert – ice cream sundaes using homemade ice cream and home grown blueberries and served in a homemade bowl (more on that in another post!). Given how much my father loves ice cream, this is sure to be a huge hit! You can imagine my excitement when I saw another blogger post this berry syrup just a few days ago. I immediately printed the recipe, rushed to the kitchen, and turned on the stove. The syrup was every bit as exceptional as the author promised and goes perfectly with my Father’s Day Sundae theme! Not only that, I can imagine that this would be excellent mixed with a little soda water to create your own berry soda drink. Oh, the opportunities abound!
berry syrup
from www.oneperfectbite.blogspot.com
1 cup water
1/2 to 1 cup sugar
2 cups frozen unsweetened mixed berries
1/2 cup port wine or grape juice
Bring water and sugar to a boil. Add frozen berries and wine or juice; return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. Mash and strain berries, reserving juice. Return juice to pan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until mixture is reduced to 3/4 cup. Cool to room temperature. Pour over ice cream or add to ginger ale/soda water for a berry-licious sparkling beverage! Refrigerate any leftovers.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Ann Claire // Jun 19, 2011 at 4:15 pm
This looks like a perfect Father’s Day dessert. Your dad is a lucky man
2 Kulsum at JourneyKitchen // Jun 19, 2011 at 11:23 pm
That’s a handy thing to have! Thanks for the sharing
3 Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 // Jun 20, 2011 at 8:39 am
This is so pretty. I love how fast it comes together, too. It would be a great rescue for any berries that start to die in my fridge. (Not that I ever buy too many berries when they are on sale. Nope.)
4 Tracy // Jun 20, 2011 at 11:56 am
Lovely syrup!
5 natalie (the sweets life) // Jun 21, 2011 at 8:56 am
ooh i would eat this over pancakes or waffles too, in addition to ice cream!
6 Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking // Jun 21, 2011 at 10:29 am
What a fun little creation to come out of your kitchen, Paula! This berry syrup looks so delicious on top of the ice cream, and I bet it tastes great! Thanks for sharing, and also for stopping by my blog.
7 Shirley Madsen // Jan 8, 2012 at 8:09 pm
I made this syrup with frozen strawberries to drizzle on a very plain New York Style Cheesecake I took to a party this afternoon. The guests loved it and the host asked if he could keep the leftovers. The syrup is very easy to make and as a previous reviewer pointed out, I imagine it could be poured on so many different foods to perk up the flavor.
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