Mulberry Topping Sauce Recipe

This quick, easy recipe is a simple way to use up mulberries from a generous mulberry tree in your yard. In fewer than 30 minutes, you can have mulberry topping sauce!

It’s been a scorcher these past few days, so we used our topping sauce on ice cream. This sauce can also be used on waffles, pancakes or oatmeal.

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole mulberries, washed
• 1 tablespoon water
• 4-6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Place the mulberries and water in a saucepan on medium heat. Simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the berry mixture, then taste test to see if you’d like 1-2 tablespoons more. Sweeten the mixture to your liking.
3. Mix the cornstarch in the water before adding it to the berry mixture. This will thicken your sauce. Simmer for 2 more minutes, or until the sauce is the thickness you like. You can add some water if you’d like to thin the sauce.
4. Take the sauce off the heat and mix in the lemon juice and vanilla extract. Cool the sauce a bit before serving.

Eat and enjoy – yummy! If you like spiced mulberries, then you can add a pinch of nutmeg or cinnamon in step 4.

If you’re looking for another simple way to use up mulberries, then put the extras in a food dehydrator and turned them into crunchy, zingy snack. It took about three or four hours for them to dry in my dehydrator. To me, they taste similar to crunchy craisins.

If you’re looking for other easy berry projects and recipes, try Planting Strawberries in a Container or Chive Blossom Infused Vinegar.