This simple homemade strawberry sauce is perfect to use as an ice cream topping, cake filling, jam substitute, or whatever else you fancy.
Place the berries, 6 Tbsp water, and sugar into a saucepan and cook until boiling and the berries are soft. Stir in the lemon juice.
In a separate bowl, mix the corn starch with water to make a paste; add this to the boiling fruit mixture, stirring as you pour it in.
Cook 1 more minute, or until thickened and the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat, cool, and refrigerate. Serve cold.
Note: The mixture will thicken further as it cools.
To make this recipe into strawberry pie filling (makes one pie):
Use 3 Tbsp cornstarch with 3 Tbsp water instead of 1 Tbsp. Cook as directed until thick.