Strawberries are everywhere now. Tempting me with their luscious juicy red color. I find it hard to resist them and often come home with strawberries whenever I am out grocery shopping even if they weren’t on the list.
Today’s recipe is my favorite companion to pancakes. Strawberry syrup adds fruity freshness and a sweet note to my favorite pancakes. It is also great as a topping for yogurt, my idea of a great way to start the day. If you are not a big fan of pancakes or yogurt, this syrup makes a wonderful topping for ice cream.
Homemade strawberry syrup
Printable recipe here
2 cups strawberries
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon starch
1/4 cup water
Wash the strawberries and remove the stalks
Mash the strawberries to the consistency you want, I like the sauce chunky with visible bits of strawberries. You can pulse the strawberries in your mixer or food processor if you like the sauce to be smooth.
In a pot place the strawberries, sugar and 3/4 cup of water.
Bring to a boil over medium low heat, stirring every now and then for 10 minutes
When you have 5 minutes left in the cooking time, dissolve the corn starch in the 1/4 cup of water and add it to the syrup while stirring. This will thicken the sauce and give it a beautiful consistency.
Store the left over sauce in a clean dry jar in your fridge, it will last up to two weeks.
Next on my list of strawberry treats to make this season
Greg and Katherine’s strawberry granita
Linda’s
Cilantro Grilled Lamb Chops with Strawberry Cilantro Salsa
Choc Chip Uru’s
One Person Strawberry Hot Fudge Chocolate Cobbler Pie
Geni’s Chocolate Strawberry Truffle Cake
Barbara’s
Strawberry Fields Spring Salad
Kristy’s Strawberry and rasberry puree
Manu’s strawberries and cream in puff pastry
If you are in the mood for more strawberry goodness you can also check out my
Strawberry Pistachio crumble
Or maybe you are in the mood for something french? How about making
Strawberry Fraisier
With the weather warming up you may want to try this refreshing drink
Watermelon strawberry pineapple frappe
Now before I let you go, what would you like to see next?
Labaneh (a wonderful dip made from yogurt)
labaneh..recipe coming soon
Anaise and cheese flat bread
or Ayran? a refreshing drink made of yogurt and whey?
tanjascookingcorner
/ April 14, 2012Oh dear, I have missed so many great posts lately, but now I am catching up!! A fantastic roundup. Strawberries are so versatile and one can never get enough new recipes! Your Strawberry Pistachio Crumble caught my attention really badly, must try it very very sonn
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 14, 2012Hello Tanja
Thank you so much for stopping by and I am glad you enjoyed the round up.
Nami | Just One Cookbook
/ April 14, 2012Sawsan, I want this strawberry syrup for pancakes or waffles! Hmmm must be heavenly. You have nice strawberry round up here. Everyone is a great cook and baker and it was fun checking each picture and recipe!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 14, 2012Thank you Nami, I am really glad you enjoyed the round up
Suzanne Platt (@YouMadeThatblog)
/ April 13, 2012Great round up of strawberry recipes and perfect for the season, I have a strawberry salad with homemade vinaigrette that I just love. But your strawberry syrup has me wanting to make some pancakes and pour it on!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 13, 2012Thank you Suzanne. A strawberry salad with homemade vinaigrette sounds amazing, heading over to your blog to check it out
Sarah @ Homestyle Cooking Around The World
/ April 13, 2012This is wonderful- been planning to make some fruit syrups since the store-bought ones always are full of high fructose corn syrup and at least I know what is going in it. I can’t wait until we have local strawberries in season. Also loved the recipe roundup- gave me some more things to try!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 13, 2012Hello Sarah, I totally agree. Anything homemade is far better, healthier and tastier than store bought stuff. No additives, preservatives or artificial colors
Korena in the Kitchen
/ April 12, 2012Strawberries have just started to appear in the grocery stores here and they taste SO GOOD after a long winter of citrus and apples. That syrup sounds divine!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 14, 2012I know what you mean, I can’t wait for all the refreshing stuff spring and summer have to offer
Kitchen Belleicious
/ April 11, 2012out of this world! Best post ever. homemade strawberry syrup? Genius and then you give us all these amazing dishes to use it with! Love this
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 13, 2012Thank you Jessica, I love strawberries and I am glad to see so many people who love it too
Asmita (@FoodieAsmita)
/ April 11, 2012Hi,
The strawberry syrup looks wonderful! I would love that with vanilla ice cream or pancakes. Great round up too!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 12, 2012Thank you Asmita, glad you enjoyed it
Bluejellybeans
/ April 11, 2012Wow!
What can I say? These are amazing!!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 12, 2012Thank you so much
Aimee@clevermuffin
/ April 10, 2012What a mouth watering round up! I love strawberries, I pay a high price for them in the off-season just so I can have them on my breakfast every morning. The syrup sounds wondeful over ice cream. The other thing I did with them this year was make strawberry infused vodka. Amazing! If that’s your kind of thing
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012I love strawberries too and so do my kids. There is so much you can do with them and they are great in every recipe you use them in.
As for the vodka, I am a muslim Aimee, we don’t drink alcohol, even if it is strawberry infused
Maureen (@OrgasmicChef)
/ April 10, 2012I love this syrup and all those strawberry things have me looking at the calendar. The first local strawberries start at the end of May. I can’t wait!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 12, 2012I hope May gets here real fast
Good Cooks
/ April 10, 2012Thanks Sonson for all these mouthwatering strauberrry recipes, all yummy….
Your sauce is very wonderful, for breakfast, snacks, and desserts, one of my kids best pancake companion too. Thanks darling….
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Thank you Samah, glad you like the syrup and the recipes
hotlyspiced
/ April 10, 2012That’s an incredible range of recipes for strawberries but my ultimate favourite would have to be the frappe – just the colour and the simplicity remind me of the strawberry season xx
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012On a hot day it is my favorite too. So refreshing
Geni - Sweet and Crumby
/ April 10, 2012I can’t believe I am in such an amazing and breathtaking roundup of strawberry delicacies! Everything looks sensational and I am truly humbled and grateful to be part of it. Thank you so much Sawsan! Have a wonderful week!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 10, 2012Thank YOU Geni for all your yummy creations and wonderful posts that I enjoy so much. I can’t wait to make this amazing cake, I am just waiting for when I have some company otherwise I stand a very good chance of eating it all by myself
Courtney
/ April 10, 2012I gotta get myself back in the kitchen to make some of these!! Strawberries are my most favorite fruit so I am in total heaven right now.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 10, 2012Mine too, it is just so refreshing
Norma Chang
/ April 10, 2012So much to choose from, I will start with the strawberry granita.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012That would be my first choice too
Caroline
/ April 10, 2012Sawsan! I’m officially drooling and can’t stop looking at all of these strawberry recipes. Everything looks amazing. Thanks for sharing this roundup.
Looks like it’s time for me to cook/bake with strawberries!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Glad you like them Caroline, I can’t wait to make them all this spring
Purely.. Kay
/ April 9, 2012Strawberries are my absolutely favorite, so seeing all of these dishes really put a smile on my face today. And it made me hungry lol
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 12, 2012The smile I’m happy about, the hunger was not intentional
Karen
/ April 9, 2012The strawberry photos are killing me. We have huge strawberries in the market right now but they are half white and have no sweet smell. I can’t wait for summer’s sweet strawberries. To answer your question, I would love to see your recipe for the flatbread next.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 12, 2012I know the strawberries you are talking about, they have no taste and no smell.
I hope summer strawberries will make their way into the market soon
Just A Smidgen
/ April 9, 2012I love sweet strawberries.. that’s when we know spring has truly arrived! This was such a cheery and beautiful post today.. I love the round-up of recipes to try and thank you sooo much for including my salad. Sometimes I even forget what I’ve posted;) xoxo Smidge
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Thank you for the refreshing salad Barbara, I can’t wait to make it over the weekend
Flavors of the Sun
/ April 9, 2012Beautiful photos and such a nice, easy recipe as well. Great round-up of recipes!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Thank you
I am happy you enjoyed them
Anonymous
/ April 9, 2012What a great post! I told you I was waiting for your strawberry syrup post but you gave us so much more than syrup. I’ve already made jam last week and I’ll be coming back here to your round-up as the strawberry season progresses. Thanks, Sawsan.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012You are most welcome
glad you enjoyed the post
thekalechronicles
/ April 9, 2012I vote for the flatbread, Sawsan.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012You get your wish later today
Eva Taylor
/ April 9, 2012That looks amazing Sawsan, I love strawberries. Do you think it would be OK to reduce the sugar? or do you need it for preservation? I am off to make your pancakes for breakfast now.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Hello Eva. I was actually thinking about trying a batch with reduced sugar but I do think you have to use them up faster. I’ll make some over the weekend with reduced sugar and let you know how they turned out. I hope the pancakes were to your liking
mireia
/ April 9, 2012The syrup looks delicious and so do the rest of the recipes you chose!!!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012Glad you like them Mireia
Chica Andaluza
/ April 9, 2012Lovely syrup, I adore this on yogurt! Great round up too, very inspiring and am looking forward to all three of your recipes mentioned as I know they will all be equally fantastic. But maybe the flat bread first…?!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012You are too kind Tanya,I deeply appreciate the confidence. The bread is coming later today. I do hope you’ll like it
niasunset
/ April 9, 2012WOW! Strawberry smells…
This is so beautiful post… Thank you dear Sawsan, I loved them all, with my love, nia
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Glad you enjoyed them Nia
mjskit
/ April 9, 2012What a wonderful syrup! It would have been perfect with our waffles this morning! I can imagine that it would be good with yogurt and ice cream as well. Your strawberry wish list has me drooling! Hope you had a marvelous weekend!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012Thank you MJ, I am glad you like the recipes and I hope you are having a great week
Kristy
/ April 9, 2012Oh my! I need some strawberries now too!!!! Thank you for including me in this delicious round-up and with a recipe that I had forgotten about.
Strawberry syrup is wonderful and my kids (and Mike and I) would love this over some waffles, pancakes or even French toast. Yum! (And I made Linda’s strawberry cilantro salsa last week – fabulous!)
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012Oh I can’t wait to try Linda’s salsa. The kids can’t wait to try your strawberry recipe, Jana pointed it out when I was writing the post, I want this one for breakfast tomorrow
theharriedcook
/ April 9, 2012That strawberry sauce would make my daughter SO happy… she would survive on strawberries if she could! I gotta make this for her! Lovely round-up of dishes!! And I would love to see the recipe for that flatbread AND the yoghurt dip (I am not being greedy! It just sounds to me like they would go great together:)!)… Great post
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012My daughter is exactly the same
I will be posting the bread next followed by the dip, I hope you’ll enjoy them
pixilated2
/ April 9, 2012So much strawberry goodness! I must go to the store tomorrow!
~ Lynda
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012Ginger
/ April 9, 2012Strawberries are my favorite! Thanks for sharing all of the delicious recipes!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012My favorite too. Glad you like them
Yvette
/ April 9, 2012Oh my what success with this strawberry syrup…all looks deliciously tempting! Just what I need a little bit of red in my life! x
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 11, 2012We all need a little bit of strawberry red in our lives
manusmenu
/ April 9, 2012Ohhhhh I was waiting for this! I really wish we were neighbours Sawsan! I would be constantly at your place!!! hehehehe Yum!
And thank you so much for including my recipe in such a wonderful round up!
As for the next recipe… I would love all!!! hehehe If I REALLY had to decide… I would go for the drink first, then the labaneh and then the bread… mainly as I have lots of whey in the fridge (and will soon get more)! hehehe <3
Have a great start of week!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012I think the exact same thought when I visit your blog, oh how I wish we were neighbours, we’d have so much fun
I will be posting the drink recipe real soon but if you’d like to try it, it is one part yogurt to 4 parts whey and pulse them in the food processor or mixer with a sprinkle of salt, you can also add mint or even garlic. I know it may sound odd but you just have to taste it, it is a very popular, refreshing and healthy drink
manusmenu
/ April 14, 2012THANKS! I have made it today and LOVED it! It is very similar to the savoury version of Indian Lassi, which is a big hit at my house!!! <3 <3 <3
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 14, 2012Yay! I am really glad you enjoyed it Manu
huda
/ April 8, 2012Every time I receive your recipes and go over your pictures, I remember Amman and my homesickness is enhanced, oh Amman I miss you soooooooooo much! miss mom and dad, miss family, streets and the smell and taste of every bit of you. I miss your Ascedenia and Janerek, those carts on the streets, and the flowers been sold at the traffic of masjed 3ibad Arra7man at this time of the year! love you Amman!
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012I am glad I bring back fond memories Huda, I hope you will come for a visit soon to enjoy the beauty of Amman in the spring.
Your comment put a smile on my face, thank you for taking the time to leave it
Choc Chip Uru
/ April 8, 2012Strawberries are without a doubt the BEST berry
What a fantastic round up! And I am honoured you included my chocolate berry cobbler my friend, thank you do much
As for your own creation, that is what I want on my pancakes, no ifs or buts about it!
Happy Easter!
Choc Chip Uru
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 9, 2012Thank you for the mouth watering recipe, I remember seeing it on your blog and going “Oh my God! This is going to be heavenly”. I really can’t wait to try it
ceciliag
/ April 8, 2012This syrup looks great, perfect with the yoghurt and wow, what a fantastic selection of yumminess! c
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 8, 2012Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide
/ April 8, 2012Wow, what a great roundup. Our recipe seems so humble alongside these. But simple is good. I love this syrup. Perfect for pancakes.
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise
/ April 8, 2012I would hardly call it simple Greg, it is actually the one I am making tomorrow
I love granita and with the hot weather we’ve been having it sounds like the perfect treat to make