Description
Luxurious Blackberry Cranberry Delight merges rich seasonal berries with delicate pastry textures. Seasonal ingredients blend seamlessly, creating a dessert you’ll savor with pure culinary pleasure.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz (340 g) cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- 4 oz (113 g) blackberries (fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (60 ml) water
- 1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) Chambord black raspberry liqueur (optional)
Instructions
- Berry Preparation: Combine blackberries and cranberries in a robust saucepan, setting the stage for a vibrant, intensely flavored sauce.
- Liquid Foundation: Integrate granulated sugar, water, and lemon juice with the berries, placing the pan over medium heat to initiate flavor development.
- Sauce Transformation: Gently agitate the mixture as cranberries rupture, releasing their vivid pigment and creating a glossy, rich compote with deep crimson undertones.
- Flavor Intensification: Simmer the sauce for 10-12 minutes, allowing liquid to reduce and concentrate, developing a complex and robust flavor profile.
- Liqueur Enhancement: Incorporate Chambord, stirring to infuse the sauce with a sophisticated raspberry essence and aromatic depth.
- Cooling and Preservation: Remove from heat, allowing the sauce to cool and thicken naturally, then transfer to a clean glass container for refrigeration.
- Culinary Presentation: Chill the sauce, which can be stored for up to three days, ready to complement desserts, breakfast items, or serve as an elegant sauce for various dishes.
Notes
- Select Peak-Ripe Berries: Choose plump, firm blackberries and cranberries without blemishes for maximum flavor intensity and natural sweetness.
- Control Heat Carefully: Maintain medium heat to prevent burning and ensure gradual berry breakdown, allowing natural pectin to create perfect sauce consistency.
- Enhance Liqueur Impact: Add Chambord at sauce’s end to preserve delicate raspberry notes and prevent alcohol from evaporating completely.
- Storage Strategy: Refrigerate sauce in airtight glass container, understanding flavors will deepen and mature over 2-3 days, creating more complex taste profile.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 106
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg