3 Ingredient Mango Sorbet
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
Pablo Picasso
The 3 Ingredient Mango Sorbet is light, refreshing, delicious and screams summer! Recipe adapted minimally from ‘The Perfect Scoop’, David Lebovitz.
It’s raining summer desserts at home. The mango crop has been fantastic {as has been the peach harvest}. How better to celebrate this luscious fruit than with David Lebovitz! The man is genius, and his Mango Sorbet an absolute winner! The Perfect Scoop is a favorite on my shelf, a book indispensable for ice cream lovers. Remember the Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream? Droolicious stuff!
I’ve had this 3 Ingredient Mango Sorbet in my drafts for a bit. Then suddenly this week things took a turn for the worse … the power grid collapsed, not once but twice! 12 hours without electricity, then back, then gone again for 4 hours! Just when we kind of resurrected, the second collapse came by, 14 hours this time! While newspapers and TV channels were crying themselves hoarse about the worlds biggest black out, 600 million folk without power, all I could think about was “my mango sorbet”!
It was a good lesson in preparedness for the future that awaits the generations to come. As kids we’ve lived different times, a country traditionally having exposed its people to frequent power cuts, so it was no big deal as power would go off all the time. Add to it black outs during the Indo Pak war in 1971. Brown paper darkened the windows, jets flew low over the town, sirens echoed over the city, trenches were ready and waiting. No power and no back up, we couldn’t even light candles … and it didn’t bother us!
Cut to now! The power goes off and the inverter cuts in. Instant solution and the kids barely even notice. The grid failure was different however! They learnt a new lesson … when the national grid trips, NO ONE knows when the power will be back! And another yummy one … grid failure is time for smoothies, ice cream, loads of food cooked non stop by a mother who cannot see food wasted!
Remember my frozen cherries I mentioned in the Fresh Cherry Quark Cheesecake Pie post? Ho hum… since they threatened not to be frozen for long, they were hurriedly cooked with balsamic vinegar and made to top a delicious dessert to fill these gorgeous Urban Dazzle glasses. Result – happy family who didn’t complain about power cuts! Recipe to be posted next …The mango sorbet is light, refreshing, delicious and screams summer!
It’s also my tribute to a beautiful lady – Barbara of Winos & Foodie who was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and sadly lost her battle recently. I was fortunate to meet her virtually on and off over her Yellow events; she was a fighter all the way! Monthly Mingle is the brainchild of the lovely Meeta @ Whats For Lunch Honey, and this month it celebrates Barbara’s spirit at the wonderful Jeanne @ Cook Sister. So positive, so full of energy, great sense of humour, always ready to share her experiences, Barbara held the food blogger world in awe, her love touching a lot of us. For years she successfully ran the Taste of yellow blog event. Of late, I had met her over Thermomix recipes after I bought one. RIP sweet Barbara … you were and are an inspiration to all of us!
{I am linking a few other yellow posts I did recently to this months Monthly Mingle}
Macaron à la Peaches et Crème Rustic Peach ‘n Plum Summer Galette Fresh Peach Brown Streusel Coffee Cake
3 Ingredient Mango Sorbet
Equipment
- 1 Thermomix or Ice Cream Maker
- 1 Ice Cream Maker or Thermomix
- 1 spatula
- 1 Freezer Safe Bowl
Ingredients
- 1200 g ripe mangoes, peeled, diced {5-6 mangoes}
- 160 g powdered sugar {or normal sugar for Thermomix}
- 170 g Iced water {or equal weight of ice cubes for Thermomix}
- 3 limes, juice of
Instructions
Thermomix recipe
- Freeze the diced mango in a single layer so it doesn't clump together and stress the machine.
- Place sugar in TM bowl and pulverize on speed 10 for 7 seconds.
- Add frozen mango, lime juice and ice cubes and process on speed 10 for 1 minute until smooth. Use TM spatula if necessary to scrape the sides.
- Serve immediately or transfer to a bowl and freeze until required.
Ice Cream Maker Recipe
- Place all ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. Taste and adjust sugar or lime juice if required.
- Chill the mixture and then place in your ice cream maker, according to manufacturer instructions.
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16 Comments
Avanika {Yumsilicious Bakes}
Ah a mango sorbet. Just wish mangoes were still available. I wish mango season were still around!
Deeba @ PAB
No mangoes in Mumbai? We have mango ‘floods’ here still @ Rs 50 a kilo!
Rosa
A wonderful dessert and tribute to Barbara! This sorbet must be quite addictive.
Cheers,
Rosa
leemz
I gotta taste that yellow, emm emmmm!
sangeeta khanna
The most beautiful yellow I can see 🙂
jehanne@thecookingdoctor
I am tempted to buy a thermomix after seeing your ice-cream post. I want to find out from you though, do I have to always freeze the ingredients beforehand, or can thermomix churn like a normal ice-cream maker does?
Deeba @ PAB
You know I think of you each time I reach for that book! Yes, everything has to be frozen beforehand, as cut fruit, or in ice trays if it’s an egg custard… and then the blades are strong enough to simply pulverize everything into a smooth blend at top speed.
xo
jehanne@thecookingdoctor
Oh you are a Sweetie, Deeba, I feel so touched ! I am so so tempted to just splurge on thermomix, you made it sound so easy, much easier than my current failing ice cream maker:-(
Sally - My Custard Pie
A beautiful tribute to Barbara
chinmayie @ love food eat
So… after being tempted by your recipes all these months I have finally decided to buy an ice-cream maker!! Will make sure I try all your recipes after that 🙂
belllii
So many lovely recipes to honour Barbara, her life and her spirit. Such tasty treats depute the pitfalls of modern society. No electricity for so long, it makes us wonder what we did before!!!
indugetscooking
That yellow is just so beautiful….!!!
Helene
Wow! This is such a beautiful dessert. Impressive! Have a great day.
Born27
This is so good! I am thankful that our mango tree at the back of our house is having fruits right now. I will prepare this for my family! Thank you for the recipe.
Renita Ghosh
I love your recipes. They are so simple yet so tasty! When I saw this recipe I had to give it a shot… afterall it is made of my favourite fruit Mango. For that matter, I get sad when the season ends. My husband makes sure that our fridge is loaded with mango drinks, Jumpin being my fav. On that note… have you checked out the recent video they have come out with? Two grannies having a dance off. I enjoy watching it again and again. They are adorable, check them out here: http://bit.ly/jumpinNaniVsNaani
Reshmi V
Thanks for sharing this information Renita…I just shared the Jumpin video. One step at a time towards bringing about a change right?