Ban Pan O La With Café Navarro Mango Syrup Recipes

MANGO FLAVORED SYRUP FOR SOFT DRINKS

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, combine chopped mango, sugar, vanilla extract and pinch salt. Puree fruit mixture and add 2 tablespoons orange juice to loosen.
• Strain into small pitcher and bowl. Refrigerate until needed.
• Mix mango syrup with club soda or seltzer to desired strength for flavored soft drink.

TEQUILA BANDITO MANGOES AND BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Scoop the ice cream into chilled bowls and set aside in the refrigerator. In a large saute pan, over medium-high heat, stir the butter and sugar to form a smooth syrup. Add the mango and baste for 1 minute. Add the bananas and baste for another minute. Carefully pour in the tequila and let warm for a few seconds. If it does not burst into flames spontaneously, ignite with a match. Gently swirl the pan and baste the bananas until the flames die out. Add the cream and cook for 1 more minute. Add the lime juice and give everything a final swirl together. Place the fruit around each ice cream scoop and spoon sauce over the top. Serve at once.

MANGO SYRUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel and cut up mangoes.
• In a large Dutch oven, cook the mangoes in a little water until they are soft, then puree in the blender.
• Measure the puree (I had 3½ cups of puree) and return to the Dutch oven. Add an equal amount of sugar and about 3 Tbsp (or one Tbsp per cup of puree) of lime juice.
• Stir the sugar/mango mixture until the sugar melts, but first......TIP (this will save you much frustration and mess) take a stick of butter and just rub it along the inside lip of the Dutch oven. The butter fat will keep the syrup from boiling over.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, and stir often until it almost reaches the gelling point. This will happen very quickly, it took me less than 10 minutes. This is because mangoes are naturally full of fiber and adding heat causes those fibers to set (gel) rather quickly.
• Remove the mixture from heat, stir and skim off the foam. Pour into ½ or 1 pint jars (I used ¾ pint jars here, but they aren't always easy to find). Leave about ½ inch of headroom.
• Wipe the jar rims with a moistened paper towel and put on the two-piece lids.
• Bring water to a boil in a water bath canner, add the syrup jars (using the little basket that keeps the jars off the bottom of the canner), make sure that they are covered with 1-2 inches of water and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat somewhat (you still want it to be boiling though) and process for 15 minutes.
• Remove the jars and set on a towel on the counter top to cool.