Sauces & Condiments American ✦ Inspired by: Strawberry Shortcake-inspired naming

Strawberry Shortcake Garden Sauce

Fresh strawberries, honey, dill and white-wine vinegar blend with neutral oil into a sweet-tart dressing for fruit, vegetables and salads.

Strawberry Shortcake Garden Sauce

What It Is

Fresh strawberries, honey, dill and white-wine vinegar blend with neutral oil into a sweet-tart dressing for fruit, vegetables and salads.

Origin

A Strawberry Shortcake-inspired fruit vinaigrette. The character is fictional; strawberries remain aggressively seasonal and real.

Fun Fact

Strawberries are not true botanical berries, but bananas are. Botany was apparently written by someone who enjoys chaos.

Prep
5 min
Cook
—
Total
5 min
Servings
8 tbsps
(halve it if it's just you and today has been a lot)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Low-Carb
Away Mission
35 min walk
(Scotty says she cannae take much more of this, Captain)
#american #sauce #spoon-and-scribble #strawberry-shortcake-garden-sauce

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup canola oil
  • 6–8 strawberries
  • 1 tsp dill
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar

Steps

  1. Blend all ingredients until smooth.
  2. Taste and adjust vinegar or honey.
  3. Chill before serving with fruit, vegetables or salad.

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Notes

Use ripe, in-season strawberries if at all possible — this sauce has nowhere to hide a mediocre berry.

Nutrition Facts
Per 2 tbsp
Calories 150
Burning this off: two laps of avoiding small talk at a family gathering.
% Daily Value*
Fat 10.0 g 13%
Saturated + Trans 1 g 5%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 0 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 15.0 g
Fibre 0.0 g 0%
Sugars 14.0 g 14%
Protein 0.0 g
Potassium 15 mg 0%
Calcium 5 mg 0%
Iron 0.2 mg 1%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Any neutral oil can replace canola. Raspberries can stand in for strawberries. White wine vinegar can replace regular white vinegar for a slightly rounder flavour.

Storage

Keep refrigerated and use within about 3 days because fresh blended fruit has no interest in becoming immortal.

Freezing

Freezing is usually unnecessary for a small batch of sauce. If you do freeze it, use small portions and expect creamy or emulsified sauces to need a good whisk after thawing.