Raspberry Sauce

Sweetened fruit purees, the restaurant-plate-decorating darlings of recent years, are among the easiest sauces you can make. They are wildly versatile, complementing everything from lemon sorbet to rich chocolate cake, adding flavor, color, and textural interest to old stand-bys. They also freeze well. Whole berries frozen without sugar (known as IQF—individually quick frozen—in the trade) are a fine year-round substitute for fresh.