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Raspberry Sauce

This sauce makes something special out of plain cake or vanilla ice cream.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    about 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

One 10-ounce package frozen raspberries, thawed
1/2 cup currant jelly
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup fresh orange juice

Preparation

  1. In a saucepan, mix 3/4 cup of the raspberries with the jelly and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat. Stir the cornstarch into the remaining raspberries and add this to the saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter. Cool. Stir in the orange juice and refrigerate until chilled.

The Lady & Sons, Too! by Paula Deen. © 2001 by Paula H. Deen. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Paula H. Deen was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she and her two sons, Bobby and Jamie, started the Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons Restaurant, which is located in Savannah’s historic district and specializes in Southern cooking. Paula is the host of Food Network’s Paula’s Home Cooking and is a regular guest on QVC, where her cookbooks are one of the newtowrk’s biggest sellers.
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