help with mango glut please

buxtonrabbitgreen

I thought about smoothies too, but only have an electric whisk. Would that work do you think? I don't even have a sieve at the moment as mine went rusty in the dishwasher and not yet replaced it. I have a load of fruit at the moment so will make a fruit salad, and hope someone comes to visit, to help us eat it.

Softstuff

They do freeze, but for smoothies you really need a blender. Mangoes are funny things when they smoothy, one mango can turn 750ml of milk into a thickshake!

I've found if mangoes are slightly firm to touch (the lumps I mean), when frozen, they'll be fine just to eat as fruit when defrosted.

They're also great dried. We get trays of 18 mangoes here for about 8 quid! Have to find many uses.

Mango chutney is a bit of a no go, for that you use green (underripe) mangoes. Mango puree (again in a blender, with sugar syrup) is great on ice cream or in yoghurt.

LondonDiva

Sorbet
it makes a great Salad
A friend of mine has tried making soup with a glut
The original alcho pop frozen daiquiri

Can I ask how you make the dried mango Softstuff? I'm spending a fortune at Holland & Barrat on it

Debt_Free_Chick

Mango curd!

Can I ask how you make the dried mango Softstuff

Like sun-dried toms or apples ..... long and very, very slow e.g. in an airing cupboard

Softstuff

LondonDiva wrote: »

Can I ask how you make the dried mango Softstuff? I'm spending a fortune at Holland & Barrat on it

I actually bought a dehydrator. You slice the mango into 5mm slices, lay it all out, and switch it on. About 5 hours later you have dried mango. We also like dried pineapple, apple, kiwi, tomatoes (add oil to those and they're just like sundried) and bananas.

odds-n-sods

#6, you can make mango chutney with ripe mangoes. Just don't use a recipe that calls for green ones!

Badger_Lady

My favourite recipe for mangoes is honey-roasted, then tossed with walnuts, goats' cheese and rocket to make a yummy warming salad.

Sorry, not much use for preserving them!

odds-n-sods

If by electric whisk, you mean a handblender, you can make smoothies with them, just use soft fruits, like mangos, not hard like pears and apples (use their juice). Yogurt, OJ, mango chunks, some milk and a bit of grated ginger juice is lovely.........................

belfastgirl23

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

I thought about smoothies too, but only have an electric whisk. Would that work do you think? I don't even have a sieve at the moment as mine went rusty in the dishwasher and not yet replaced it. I have a load of fruit at the moment so will make a fruit salad, and hope someone comes to visit, to help us eat it.

the whisk won't do but a little hand held whizzer would do the job. Great for soups etc too and only about £10 in supermarkets

Mangos can thicken up your smoothie a lot, as softstuff said. I don't usually make them with milk, more with fruit juice and I usually add some ice which thins them a bit too...

Debt_Free_Chick

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

the whisk won't do but a little hand held whizzer would do the job. Great for soups etc too and only about £10 in supermarkets

Sainsbury's basic range has one for only £3.99 :eek:

Great thing is that the blender bit detachs so you can wash it thoroughly - even submerse in it a bowl of water