Gifts from Your Kitchen Recipes
An innovative use of yeast in fermenting favorite fruits for a sauce used on desserts, meats and many other foods. Many people prepare Vintage Fruit Sauce in decorative jars as gifts for friends.
Yield: 2 batches of sauce
Fermented Fruit Starter
Vintage Fruit Sauce
Fermented Fruit Starter
Vintage Fruit Sauce
Tip: One cup of the starter is enough to make the Sauce so the other cup may be given to a friend along with the recipe, or used to start a second batch of Sauce. We do not recommend doubling the Sauce recipe.
When recipes call for Vintage Fruit syrup - drain Vintage Fruit Sauce and use liquid collected.
When recipes call for Vintage Fruit - drain Vintage Fruit Sauce and use the fruit collected.
Everyday Uses
For Desserts
Spoon over angel food or pound cake, ice cream or sherbet, pudding, layer with ice cream for parfaits, your favorite dessert crepes, your favorite cheesecake.
For Toppings
Combine Vintage Fruit Sauce with sour cream and brown sugar, whipped cream, sweetened whipped cream cheese, macaroon cookie crumbs, granola cereal, chopped nuts.
For Main Dishes
Spoon over ham slice, spoon over Canadian bacon, add to rice stuffing for poultry or game, spoon over pancakes of French toast for breakfast/brunch.
For Salads
Spoon over cottage cheese, fold into your favorite gelatin, spoon onto lettuce cups, top with sunflower nuts or cashews.
For Vegetables
Add to cooked carrots, add to cooked squash.
For Fruit Compotes
Heat Vintage Fruit Sauce, spiced grapes and sliced grapes, combine Vintage Fruit, sliced pears and green grapes, combine Vintage Fruit, orange slices and toasted almonds for breakfast.
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Red Star Yeast