Lemon Sauce Recipe

This lemon sauce recipe is just delicious.

It is a perfect blend of tangy and sweet.

It's is a very versatile dessert sauce and tastes wonderful drizzled over things like cake, bread puddings, ginger bread and cheesecake.

Try it served over our lemon cheesecake squares.

Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe

1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest

In a small saucepan mix sugar and cornstarch together. Gradually stir in water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Keep hot until time to serve. Serve over gingerbread, bread puddings, cheesecake or cakes.

Makes 2/3 cup

Tips and Variations:

• The zest of the lemon is the yellow part of the rind, finely grated.

• You can make an orange sauce by simply replacing the lemon juice and zest with orange juice and orange zest.

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Our lemon sauce is perfect served over lemon cheesecake squares.

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