Keen to get another recipe on the books, my inspiration for making this sauce was a half bag of frozen raspberries which had been languishing in the freezer. I love fruit but raspberries are just one of the foods that now switch my mast cells to fight mode and so this sauce was created for the enjoyment of the two other raspberry lovers in my family. The sauce, or coulis, was ridiculously easy to make and the result was smooth, glossy and very professional looking. Even better, the making of this recipe fortuitously coincided with a freshly churned batch of homemade vanilla ice-cream.
Having to rely on taste testers can be a tough gig when all I can extract from them is, "It's really good". Enter Luke, my gorgeous taste tester ring-in who happened to be at our house helping out with some odd jobs. According to Luke, the sauce provided an instant hint of tart berry flavour which was immediately followed by a gentle sweetness. The flavour of the brandy was subtle but pleasing and the sauce had just the right amount of viscosity which enabled it to cling to each spoonful of ice-cream for maximum enjoyment.
By all accounts (some more articulate than others) a successful project.
