Strawberries with Mint & Mango Cream

By Paul Heathcote on May 26, 08 02:48 PM

HERE is a very simple recipe. As strawberries are now readily available, they go wonderfully well with mint and mango. Mangos are not difficult to prepare but the stone always seems slightly awkward as it is flat and tall and the fruit nearer to the stone is always more fibrous – use a large knife to scrape it down and remove as much of the pulp as you can.

I always find this much easier to do in a tray so that you can save all the wonderful juice. Make sure when picking mangos they feel relatively soft to the touch. A nice tip if you want to ripen them quicker, place in a plastic bag with a banana – they will both help to ripen each other.

Ingredients (makes 4)

Punnet strawberries
1 measure Amaretto liqueur
3 ripe mangos
250ml full fat crème fraiche
4 mint leaves shredded
50g icing sugar
Juice of lime

Method

1. Cut the strawberries into half and place in a bowl, pour over the Amaretto liqueur and shredded mint and toss, divide between four glasses.

2. Peel the mangos and cut away the flesh, discard the stone. Place the flesh in a food processor and puree well scraping down a couple of times.

3. Place the creme fraiche, icing sugar in a bowl and whisk until soft ribbon like texture, stir in the lime juice.

4. Gradually fold in the mango puree and spoon over the strawberries, serve well chilled.