Make homemade strawberry puree in less than 5 minutes with this quick and easy no cook recipe! All you need is fresh or frozen strawberries, honey and some lemon juice and in no time you will have healthy pureed strawberries for drinks, smoothies, baking and even for babies and toddlers.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy & Fast: Super quick to make in less than 5 minutes. In less time to click order from Walmart or Target you can have fresh homemade strawberry puree!
- Year-round recipe: Great way to use up a lot of strawberries during strawberry season and can also be made with frozen strawberries to make year round.
- Versatile: Strawberry puree can be used in baking for desserts like cake and cupcakes, muffins, cheesecake and other pastries (like in our strawberry yogurt muffins). You can also use this strawberry puree for drinks to make cocktails or non alcoholic mocktails like a daquiri or margaritas, strawberry lemonade, smoothies, or Starbucks drinks.
- Better than canned: Real fresh or frozen strawberries give this recipe a burst of fresh flavor.
- No sugar: This recipe is sweetened by honey (or you could substitute maple syrup for vegan). Making it unsweetened is also an option. You can also leave the sweetener out completely if the berries are sweet enough on their own.
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you need to make this recipe. Reference the recipe card at the bottom for exact measurements and the notes below for substitution ideas.
- Strawberries: You can use either fresh or frozen to make strawberry puree. I tested the recipe using fresh. You could also add in other berries like raspberry, blueberries or other fruits like pear, banana or apple if you prefer. I tend to use organic if the price is right as strawberries are at the top of the "dirty dozen" list.
- Sweetener: I used honey for this recipe, however you can use maple syrup to make it vegan or monk fruit sweetener to make it low carb or more keto friendly. Sugar is also an option and make it without sugar or other sweetener if the berries are sweet enough.
Instructions
This is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to cook this recipe. The recipe card at the bottom shows the exact cook time and temperatures.
- Wash, de-stem and cut berries in half.
- Add washed berries to a food processor along with honey and lemon juice. Process on high for 60 seconds. Use a fine mesh sieve to remove any seeds and larger chunks if desired.
Expert Tips
- To make without seeds: Use a fine mesh sieve to push the puree through and remove as many seeds as possible.
- To make strawberry compote or sauce: To make a thick, more compote version, do not process to smooth, you will want a few chunks. For sauce you will want to process for the full 60 seconds. Use cornstarch to thicken the mixture.
- To make jam: Use gelatin to thicken the mixture to more of a jam and allow time for it to set up in the fridge prior to consuming.
- For a mimosa-style strawberry puree, try adding in champagne or prosecco for a fun twist!
- Try Costco, Sam's Club or even your local farmer's market to buy strawberries in bulk during the season to get them at a cheaper price.
- Storage: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
- Freezer: Store leftover pureed strawberries in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
FAQs
Simple ingredients like strawberries, honey and lemon juice make up this easy and healthy recipe!
This is more of a sauce, not a jam. It is quite thin compared to a thicker sauce, jam or puree.
Use a fine mesh sieve to push the puree through and remove as many seeds as possible.
This recipe can be made without a blender and instead use a food processor. You may be able to puree by hand but it will definitely take awhile to do so.
If pureeing by hand I recommend using a tool like a moljacete (a tool to make guacamole) or something similar to really mash up the berries. You will definitely want to push them through a fine mesh sieve to get out any large chunks and seeds.
Healthline has a great resource that answers the question can babies eat strawberries.
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Strawberry Puree
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries fresh or frozen
- 1 tablespoon honey more or less to taste
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Wash, de-stem and cut berries in half.
- Add prepared berries to a food processor along with honey and lemon juice. Process on high for 60 seconds. Use a fine mesh sieve to remove any seeds and larger chunks if desired.
Notes
- To make without seeds: Use a fine mesh sieve to push the puree through and remove as many seeds as possible.
- Storage: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
- Freezer: Store leftover pureed strawberries in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
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