Mango Sorbet

Mango, lime, sugar. These ingredients are just destined to be together in a sorbet! A perfect way to cool down on a hot day.

Sweet mangoes have a rich and creamy texture that balance beautifully with bright tart lime juice.

The problem you can encounter when making homemade sorbet is that it can become hard and icy if stored for any period of time.

The mango helps a bit with this, but if you don’t plan to eat the sorbet right away, it really makes a difference to add a couple tablespoons of some sort of high alcohol content liquor to the sorbet. The lower freezing temperature of the alcohol keeps the sorbet from getting too icy.

If you don’t want to use alcohol, you can add a couple tablespoons of corn syrup. It won’t be as effective as alcohol to prevent iciness, but it will help.

We are also starting with a simple syrup to make our sorbet. Sugar crystals attract other sugar crystals, so if you dissolve them first in water to make your sorbet, you have less chance of them quickly crystallizing.

Mango Sorbet Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3 ripe mangos (about 2 1/2 pounds)
• 3 Tbsp lime juice
• Pinch salt
• 2 Tbsp tequila, rum, or vodka (optional) OR 2 Tbsp light corn syrup

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