Red Wine Dessert Sauce with Berries
This exquisite Red Wine Dessert Sauce with Berries is a decadent dessert sauce bursting with rich flavor from your favorite wine and berries.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 Cup Red Wine
- 1 Cup White Granulated Sugar
- 12 Ounces Fresh Blackberries (Divided)
- 12 Ounces Fresh Raspberries (Divided)
Instructions
- 1
In a medium saucepan mix together red wine and sugar. Bring the red wine and sugar to a boil over medium heat stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to a low simmer and add ½ of the blackberries and ½ of the raspberries. Set aside the remaining berries for later.
- 2
Allow the sauce to simmer and reduce for approximately 30 minutes. Midway through the simmering time, use a potato masher to crush the berries in the sauce.
- 3
Skim the foam as needed as sauce simmers.
- 4
The sauce is ready, when it is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon.
- 5
Remove the sauce from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature. Transfer it to a glass bowl or container and refrigerate it until you are close serving time.
- 6
Remove it from the refrigerator and add the remaining berries. Stir very gently to combine and allow the sauce to come to room temperature before serving.
- 7
This sauce will keep in the refrigerator in a covered container for 1 week.