Ingredients: * 16 Oz fresh Strawberries * Agave Nectar to taste (see Tips)

Tips: 1. If you do not have Agave Nectar, you can use regular sugar instead. Any other sweetener (honey, brown sugar, sucanant, Splenda etc) can also be used. Use about 1 tbsp ( may be a little more) of Agave for more sweet. Agave is much sweeter than sugar or honey so a little goes a long way. 2. You can also add additional flavoring like lemon zest and juice to this.

Method: * Chop the stem (hull). You can do a coarse chop or Quarter the berries. I like large chunks of berries. These berries were large hence I sliced them in half first and then sliced each of the halves again into two. It will depend on the size of the berries too. * Place them in a colander and rinse them gently under cold water. You can wash them first and then chop. No hard or fast rules here. * Drain the water well and place the berries in a saucepan. * Cook them in medium heat. Give it a stir now and then. * Around 5 minutes you will find the berries releasing their juices. * In another 10 minutes (around 15 minute mark) it will look like this. I want nice flow'y sauce with sizable chunks of the fruit hence do not cook further. * At this point I add the sweetener. I cook it for another 5 minutes and cool the sauce.



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