Mango gelato served with banana & macapuno

 

My favorite food is mango, summer in neat little package all sweet smelling in its curvaceous blushing skin. A delicious mess to eat at the beach closely followed by a cleansing swim! I love mango for breakfast or dessert In a salad or on a skewer with some veg and feta on the BBQ (you NEVER see me with any facon or 'vege sausages') for dinner.

Mango is great anytime of everyday!

Today it's in a simple mango gelato

I served this with banana and macapuno. But if I didn't need to post a photo k would have eaten it straight out of the tub with a BIG spoon!

Macapuno is a delicious sweet Philippine conserve made with young 'sick' coconut, but Don't be put off! it's called a sick coconut as it's flesh does not dry and become hard. The coconut doesn't have any juice inside and the flesh is soft and jelly like. It is deliciously sweet, typically used in baked desserts.

Makes Approx 1L

*3 large mangoes flesh diced
*juice of 1 lime
* 1/2 cup caster sugar
* 100g glucose syrup

Put the mango flesh into a blender or food processor and purée until smooth

In a heavy based saucepan heat on medium-low the sugar and glucose syrup with a little of the mango puree until sugar is completely . Mix the glucose mix into the rest of the mango puree,add the lime juice & then transfer to a container and put in the freezer.

Once the gelato is frozen (I waited until the next morning) remove from the freezer cut up into pieces and process or blend until smooth again.

Put back into the container and freeze again.

Done 

(macapuno is available at most Asian supermarkets)

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