Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis (Reduction Sauce)

A sweet-but-tart raspberry sauce, a perfect added-touch for desserts, especially chocolate desserts like Chocolate Decadence, an almost-flourless chocolate cake. Just three ingredients!

Fresh & Seasonal. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Naturally Gluten Free. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real. Great for Meal Prep.

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The Jewels of the Berry World

In my world, fresh raspberries are as precious and rare as jewels. Luckily, frozen raspberries are easy to find and at least in some stores like Trader Joe’s, quite inexpensive.

For coulis – that’s pronounced [koo-lee], no accent, rhymes with truly – frozen berries are preferred over fresh anyway!

I especially love this reduction sauce because it’s all about the berries, barely sweet but kissed by the dryness of red wine.

It keeps for a couple of weeks, though, you know, small chance of that happening.

What a Treat!

Last summer, I served Chocolate Decadence in skinny slices (it's rich!) with fresh raspberries and Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis on the side. What a treat!

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RASPBERRY-RED WINE COULIS (REDUCTION SAUCE) RECIPE

Hands-on time: 10 minutes over 20 minutes
Time to table: at least 4 hours
Makes 1-1/4 cups

• 12 ounces (340g) frozen raspberries
• 1/4 cup (50g) sugar
• 1/2 cup dry red wine

Place the berries, sugar and wine in a large saucepan and bring to a boil on medium high heat. Let boil for 5 minutes. Pour mixture through a strainer, pressing the berries to release more berry juice. (Don’t toss the berries! They’ll be a little seedy but sweet and quite lovely. You might stir them into smoothies or your morning oatmeal, I do!)

Chill the remaining liquid until cold and slightly thick. Can be made a day or two or three ahead.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS Serve Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis over ice cream or drizzle over a simple cake slice. For dazzling presentation, pool the Coulis on a plate, then top with a chocolate dessert like Chocolate Decadence Cake or a meringue filled with fresh berries and whipped cream. Lovely with homemade angel food cake too! Any more ideas? I don’t think you’ll have trouble using Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis!

ALANNA's TIPS For a non-alcoholic coulis, substitute the juice of a small lemon, that’s about 2 tablespoons, for the red wine. When frozen raspberries are in short supply, I wish I could say, “Oh, just use strawberries.” But don’t. Strawberries just don’t have that wonderful raspberry acidity. You can, however, make coulis with frozen blueberries and either red wine or lemon juice. Wonderful!

NUTRITION INFORMATION Per Quarter Cup: 78 Calories; 0g Tot Fat; 0g Sat Fat; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg Sodium; 18g Carb; 4g Fiber; 13g Sugar; 1g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS Old Points 1 & PointsPlus 2 & SmartPoints 4 & Freestyle 3 & myWW green 3 & blue 3 & purple 3

Adapted from Godiva.com, sorry the recipe is no longer online. Luckily I’d saved it in Evernote!

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