Sweet Fruit Syrup

This fruit syrup can be a key sweetener to any dessert dish - and I use it in some of my smoothies and my Cocoshakes. It can be varied in sweetness depending on how much sugar/ xylitol/ stevia you want to put in, and can be varied in thickness with the ration of water to fruit + sweetener. It has a rich dark colour and is absolutely deliciously sweet!

Ingredients 

(Makes a medium jar full)

• 125ml water 
• 400g of frozen or fresh berries (add more or less for thicker or runnier) 
• 150g of xylitol/ sugar / 3 packets of stevia or truvia (if you decide on the stevia or truvia option then you will have to add more fruit to make it thicker) 

Method 

1. Add all ingredients to a pan and cook till boiling 
2. Pass through a sieve into another pot and crush the fruit in the sieve to make it into a mush 
3. Add the crushed fruit to the syrup and boil for around 3mins, stirring all the time 
4. Then pass through the sieve again into a jar - store and cool in the fridge 
5. Enjoy in baking, sauces or drinks!