Fruit Sauces

I forgot to mention when I posted about the Valentine Pancakes that I completed them with a strawberry sauce. Usually when I make a fruit sauce, it is a replacement for syrup on pancakes or waffles. Since Valentine's was more about presentation, I put the sauce directly on the plate with the pancakes on top rather than vice versa. I also reserved a half a dozen cross-section slices of the strawberries (which are roughly heart-shaped), warmed them slightly in the microwave, and put a few on each plate in the sauce between the pancakes.

These sauces are super easy and, as mentioned, good on pancakes and waffles. Should work well for an Eis und Heiß ice cream sauce.

Berry Sauce: I use blue berries or chopped up strawberries. Cook over low heat in a skillet with a small amount of water. Once warmed through and a bit soft, sprinkle a bit of cornstarch over them and stir to thicken. I told you it was easy!

Banana Sauce: This is similar. Slice up the bananas and cook over low heat in a skillet with a bit of melted butter. I do not add the water until the bananas are pretty well cooked through. This does not need to be thickened. Sprinkling some raw or brown sugar on at the end is good.