Mango Sorbet Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
- 500g/1.1lbs mango chunks, frozen hard
- 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup (depending on how sweet the mangoes are)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon orange liqueur like Grand Marnier or Cointreau (optional, good for if you're not going to eat it all straight away)
Step 1 - Place the frozen mango chunks, syrup, lime juice and liqueur in (if using) into a food processor or Thermomix. Process until smooth. Thermomix directions: 30 seconds, speed #8. Serve immediately. You can spread out the sorbet in a shallow tray and freeze for later.
I'm really going to miss mango season as we've had so many delicious mangoes this year. We made this using a box of 6 mangoes that we bought. Recently I tried another type of mango. Mr NQN was at work in the city so I was walking Teddy and Milo by myself. We came across a neighbour in his garden a couple of streets away. We always say hello to him and although he doesn't speak any English and we don't speak any Thai we always have friendly gesturing. He has huge trees laden with papaya, mangoes, bananas and garden patch of pumpkins.
He always has his back gate open and Teddy especially is obsessed with going in and looking to see if he is there. That day I waved hello to him and Teddy went in and greeted him effusively. I think he must be a kind person because I do believe that dogs know if someone is nice. I think dogs mark someone as "safe" to let other dogs know but that's just my theory.
He gestured for me to wait for a moment and he reached up and plucked a mango off the tree for me and handed it to me. I thanked him and was very excited to try this home grown mango. It was a beautiful specimen that was dark green in colour with the slightest hint of red and orange and firm to the touch. I brought it home and showed Mr NQN that evening.
Usually the mangoes we buy are various shade of orange or red so I wasn't sure if the mango would change colour, plus it was still firm. We waited a few days and it hadn't changed colour at all. We waited until my curiosity got the better of me and I sliced it open. It was perfectly orange inside. I cut the cheek up and took a bite. This was damn near the best mango I had ever eaten!
This mango was sweet, firm and not stringy at all and had a touch of lime flavour at the end of each bite. I'm not 100% sure of the variety of the mango, I'm guessing it's a Keitt mango. I will try and find more of these at the shops now and I have another variety of mango that I like all thanks to the kindness of our neighbour!
So tell me Dear Reader, what is your favourite mango variety and why?