Mango With Ginger Mint 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.

MANGO IN GINGER-MINT SYRUP

Steps:

• Thinly slice gingerroot and in a saucepan bring to a boil with water and sugar. Simmer mixture 5 minutes and remove pan from heat. Stir in mint and let steep 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a sieve into a bowl and cool completely.
• Peel mango and thinly slice. Stir mango into syrup. Chill mixture 30 minutes.
• Garnish mango with mint.

MANGO-GINGER SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• To cut mango into pieces, stand it on end and slice the flesh off both sides of the central pit. Lay each half on a cutting board and with the tip of your knife, score the flesh in a cross-hatch pattern. Pushing from the skin side, turn inside out so that the mango flesh pops up; slice it off the skin. Also cut off the remaining flesh from around the pit and remove the skin.
• In a blender, puree the fruit and ginger, scraping down the sides as necessary. Add the buttermilk, yogurt and ice and puree until smooth and frothy. Pour into glasses.

MINT MANGO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.