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    Home » Recipes » Frostings, Fillings & Sauces

    Cherry Coulis - Easy Homemade Cherry Sauce

    Published: Jul 24, 2022 · Modified: Oct 2, 2022 by Priya Maha

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    A spoon of cherry coulis taken from a bowl of the sauce.

    This cherry coulis recipe makes a smooth cherry sauce, perfect for cheesecakes, ice creams and other desserts. With only 4 main ingredients, this fruit coulis is super easy to make and tastes absolutely yummy!

    The recipe uses dark sweet cherries that are pitted and cooked with sugar and lemon juice before being pureed and strained for a perfect homemade cherry coulis.

    A spoon of cherry coulis taken from a bowl of the sauce.

    Table of contents

    • What is Coulis?
    • How to Make Cherry Coulis (Cherry Sauce)
      • Ingredients
      • Cooking the fruits
      • Pureeing the cherries to make the coulis
      • Cooking the cherry coulis
    • Notes
      • Can you make the coulis without the cornstarch?
      • Adjusting the sugar in the recipe
      • Can you strain the cherry sauce without processing them in a blender?
    • Like this cherry coulis recipe? Here are my other posts you might want to check out
    • Recipe (Printable)

    What is Coulis?

    Coulis is pureed fruit or vegetable sauce. It is also often referred to as sauce. The ingredients to make fruit coulis are almost similar to the ingredients used to make jams, compotes and pie fillings. The only difference you will see is the use of pectin in jams; and cornstarch in pie fillings and coulis. Compotes, on the other hand, are simply fruit chunks cooked in sugar syrup until a slightly thickened consistency is achieved.

    How to Make Cherry Coulis (Cherry Sauce)

    Ingredients

    • Dark cherries
    • Sugar
    • Lemon Juice
    • Cornstarch
    • Water

    Cooking the fruits

    A poster of 6 images showing how to cook cherries to make cherry coulis.
    1. Wash and pat the cherries dry.
    2. Remove the stems and pit them. You can pit the cherries by cutting them into half all round the seed and then twisting both sides of the fruit to separate the 2 sections. Use a small knife or spoon to remove the seed from the fruit section it is attached to. Add the halved and pitted cherries into a small pot.
    3. Add the sugar.
    4. Add the lemon juice.
    5. Add water.
    6. Turn on the heat to low and cook the cherries until they turn soft. Keep stirring the fruits constantly to avoid the bottom from burning. As you stir, try mashing them with the spoon. Turn of the heat when the fruits start to soften.

    Pureeing the cherries to make the coulis

    A poster of 4 images showing how to blend and strain cooked cherries.
    1. Let the cooked cherries cool down and then add them into a blender.
    2. Add water and process them for about 10 to 15 seconds. Processing the cherries will make it easier to strain and squeeze out the cooked cherries.
    3. Pour the blended cherry puree into a strainer.
    4. Use the back of a spoon to press out as much extract and sauce as possible from the cooked fruits, leaving on the skin pulp behind. Discard the pulp. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the strainer constantly as you press the fruits with the back of your spoon. Much of the thick cherry extract will be sticking to the strainer.

    Cooking the cherry coulis

    A poster of 6 images showing how to cook cherry sauce to make coulis.
    1. Return the strained cherry coulis into the pot.
    2. In a small plate, mix the cornstarch with the remaining water. Make sure it is smooth and there are no lumps of the cornstarch.
    3. Add the cornstarch mix into the coulis.
    4. Turn on the heat and stir the cornstarch quickly to ensure it does not cook into gooey lumps in the cherry coulis.
    5. Continue cooking over low heat until the coulis thickens to your desired consistency.
    6. Turn off the heat and the the cherry coulis cool down to room temperature before pouring it into a clean container. Keep the coulis refrigerated.
    A white bowl of fruit filling.

    Notes

    Can you make the coulis without the cornstarch?

    • The cornstarch in this recipe acts as a thickening agent. It helps change the consistency of the cherry sauce from being runny to a thicker liquid.
    • If you are not a fan of cornstarch in your coulis, you can omit it and thicken this homemade sauce by cooking it over a longer period of time, however, the texture of the coulis will not be the same as thickened with cornstarch.

    Adjusting the sugar in the recipe

    • This recipe makes cherry coulis that is not overly sweet. Having said that, you can further reduce the sugar in the recipe if you like.
    • Similarly, if you like your coulis sweeter, you can add more sugar.

    Can you strain the cherry sauce without processing them in a blender?

    • Yes you can, but it will take quite some time to squeeze out all the cherry sauce from them.
    • The best way is to process the fruits in a blender to break them down. That way, you need not spend too much time trying to squeeze out as much sauce from the fruits as possible.

    Like this cherry coulis recipe? Here are my other posts you might want to check out

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    • Small Batch Strawberry Jam
    • How to Make Lemon Curd - A Homemade Recipe
    • Salted Caramel Recipe - Quick and Easy
    • Ube Jam (Ube Halaya) - How to Make

    Recipe (Printable)

    Here is the full printable version of my easy cherry coulis recipe:

    Top view of a white bowl of cherry coulis.

    Cherry Coulis - Easy Homemade Cherry Sauce

    This cherry coulis recipe makes a smooth cherry sauce, perfect for cheesecakes, ice creams and other desserts. It's super easy and yummy!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Cherry Coulis
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Yield: 200 ml
    Author: Priya Maha
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    Metric - US Customary

    Ingredients

    • 350 g cherries (fresh)
    • 50 g sugar
    • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
    • 150 ml water
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Wash and pat the cherries dry.
    • Remove the stems and pit them.
    • Cut the cherries into half and place them in a saucepan.
    • Add sugar and lemon juice.
    • Add 4 tablespoons of water.
    • Cook the cherries over low heat until they become soft. Keep the heat low to prevent the sauce from drying out. Also, stir the fruits sauce constantly to avoid the bottom from burning.
    • Turn of the heat as the fruits become soft. Let them cool down slightly.
    • Transfer the fruits into a blender and add another 4 tablespoons of water. The water will help the sauce to dilute and this will help with the pulsing of the fruits. Pulse the cherries along with the syrup and water for about 10 to 15 seconds.
    • Strain the pulsed fruits in a sieve. Use the back of a spoon to press all the fruits extract, leaving behind only the skin.
    • Remember to scrape the bottom of the strainer as there will be thick cherry sauce remaining there as you press the fruits with the back of the spoon.
    • Return the strained coulis to the saucepan.
    • Mix the cornstarch with the remaining water until smooth. Pour the cornstarch solution into the saucepan.
    • Turn on the heat to low and stir the coulis quickly to disperse the cornstarch. This will prevent it from turning into a gooey clump in the sauce.
    • Continue to cook the cherry coulis until it thickens and reaches the consistency you desire.
    • Turn off the heat and let it cool down before pouring into a clean bottle.
    • Keep the cherry coulis refrigerated.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 2.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.6g | Protein: 0.02g | Fat: 0.004g | Saturated Fat: 0.001g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 0.04mg | Potassium: 3.9mg | Fiber: 0.04g | Sugar: 0.5g | Vitamin A: 1.1IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 0.3mg | Iron: 0.01mg
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    And that's how to make easy homemade cherry coulis with fresh cherries.

    A white bowl of sauce.

    Enjoy!

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