Comments on: Mango Fandango

Question: Mango Fandango

Xurando — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:41:56 -0800

I need some great mango recipes. I have developed this recent mango obsession and can't get enough of the fruit. I bought a mango cookbook called Mango, but it was limited. I'm looking for knock your socks off mango recipes. I am veggie but all ideas will be tried.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:50:24 -0800

It's simple, but Thai Mangoes and Sticky Rice is a magnificent dish. It's all about the alchemy that results from the warm, sweet and salty rice with the cool tangy mango. Make sure you do use glutinous rice, like sushi rice.

By: juliplease

juliplease — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:56:45 -0800

I make an easy mango salsa/chutney thing with 2 parts chopped mango and about 1 part each red onion and chopped cilantro. Mix in a little olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. I served it with crab cakes but I think it would probably be great to snack on with corn chipsmaybe those yummy blue ones?

By: annaramma

annaramma — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:13:28 -0800

I second the Mango with Sticky Rice, it's so good.

Mango with sour cream. Flavor the sour cream with a little honey and grated lemon or lime rind.

Chop mangoes into a green salad as you would apples. It's especially good with avocados in the salad.

Can or freeze your own Mango Chutney. Serve it with meat, chicken, curries, etc. Personally, I love it on a Pear and Brie sandwich (thinly sliced pear, gooey brie, greens and toasted francese).

By: beccaj

beccaj — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:13:58 -0800

I am with you about the mango. You can get them cheap and store in fridge to slow riping, etc. We had a recipe in Mexico we had to duplicate.
It was a tomato (multi colored), Avocado, red onion, mango salad with grilled shrimp on top with LOTSA delicious chopped cilantro and a nice lime vinagarette.
You could also make mango lassis or just regular mango smoothies.
ooh... or a mango vodka martini.

By: Sara Anne

Sara Anne — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:14:47 -0800

i saw this on Nigella Lawson's show yesterday:
Put one scoop of mango sorbet in a shortish glass (she used an assortment of flavors, but for mee the mango really stood out as something to try). Then top the glass off with a sparkling wine, root beer float style. Easy as pie.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:17:26 -0800

A friend of mine brought over a really nice mango salsa, though likely not this one. His had a fair quantity of jalepeno in it probably on the order of .75-1.0 peppers per mango and the resulting stuff was amazingly not that spicy but quite tasty.

By: skwm

skwm — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:18:59 -0800

Replace the green papaya in Som Tum with mango. Add it to a cold rice noodle salad, along with other Vietnamese/Thai themed ingredients (mung bean sprouts, fried tofu, peanuts, a lime juice/fish sauce sauce, etc).

By: juliplease

juliplease — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:29:18 -0800

I like the cocktail idea, beccaj. You could also put a spin on the bellini with 1 part puréed mango with 2 (or more) parts champagne.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:10:17 -0800

Mango Lassi
1 mango, peeled and chopped
1 c. plain yogurt
1 c. orange juice
2 t. rose water (vital!)
1/4 t. ground cardamom
sugar or honey to taste
Put it all in a blender, fill with ice. Blend.

By: textilephile

textilephile — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:24:53 -0800

A friend made me a smoothie once that contained just mango and a bit of cumin seed. Sounds crazy, but it was good.

By: found dog one eye

found dog one eye — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:30:12 -0800

Avocado and Mango Salad

1 small avocado, diced
1 medium mango, diced
1/4 cup diced red onion
3 cups torn lettuce leaves

Have with with honey-mustard dressing

Serves 2

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:28:19 -0800

Just a warning about the mango smoothie/lassi/puree idea. Although it's so good on the mouth end, the fiber in mango can be pretty potent stuff on the back end when blended. Sip with caution, more powerful that the prune!

By: j

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:37:23 -0800

my favorite mango & black bean salsa (hint: use more mango).

By: Jilder

Jilder — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:50:32 -0800

All of my life I have been convinced that ambrosia would taste of mango. I will eat them straight up, hacked out of the skin, and then suck the stone clean. Nothing is better.

beccaj: I have made that cocktail. It is phenomenal.

If you have those nifty ice-block moulds, a great thing to do is fill the end a few centimetres with thickened cream, swishing it so it coats the inside of the mould. Freeze it, then pour in a cool mango puree. Refreeze the lot, eat once solid, and die happy.

By: vytae

vytae — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:37:16 -0800

A glass filled about half and half with Mango nectar (comes in those aseptic cardboard packages in the health food section) and plain yogurt, stirred, is fantastic when the mango craving hits and your store doesn't have any fresh mangoes around. You could probably doctor it up to be even more like a lassi, but it's quite tasty without any help, too.

By: lagreen

lagreen — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:54:28 -0800

I ama mango lover too, and this is one of my favorite mango dessert recipes. From Gourmet magazine (it's also on epicurious.com):
Mango, Blueberry, and Ginger Fruit Salad
2 limes
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
2 large mangoes (2 1/2 lb total), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
3 cups blueberries (3/4 oz)
1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger (1 1/2 oz)

Remove zest from 1 lime in strips with a vegetable peeler and cut any white pith from strips with a sharp knife. Squeeze 3 tablespoons juice from limes. Bring zest, water, and sugar to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil, uncovered, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice. Let syrup stand 20 minutes, then remove zest with a slotted spoon and discard.

Toss together mangoes, blueberries, and syrup in a large bowl and sprinkle with ginger.