Barefoot Contessa'S Blueberry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 pints fresh blueberries, rinsed
1 cup vanilla sugar (or 1 cup sugar with 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Combine the blueberries and vanilla sugar in a large heavy saucepan. If you don't have vanilla sugar, just use a cup of sugar and a 1/4 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
Add 1 cup water and the lemon juice and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the mixture begins to thicken.
Remove from the heat and strain through a fine sieve.
Cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate.