Fruit sauces - a way to add a tasty bit of pizzazz

I readily admit to being a fan of sauces. Give me a good wine reduction sauce on a nice cut of beef, a tangy lemon caper sauce on a slow-cooked chicken fillet, or a fresh fruit sauce drizzled over a luscious piece of New York cheesecake and it makes my day.

Making a fresh fruit sauce is one of the simplest, yet most impressive things one can do if entertaining guests. It takes the presentation element of a dessert up a few notches and can create two dimensions of flavor to a dessert.

Fortunately, in Fallbrook, we can easily find fresh fruit at local farm stands and in grocery stores. It is som...