Mango Cooking
Tips and Hints
The
flavor of the mango is described as a delicate blend of peach, pineapple, and
apricot flavors, the perfect mixture of sweet and sour. The flesh of the ripe
mango has a buttery texture surrounding a large, flat, inedible seed in the
center.
How
to Cut a Mango
To
slice the meat from the mango, you'll need to orient yourself with the large
flat seed. By examining the mango, you should be able to determine its flatter
sides.
Slice
the unpeeled mango from stem end to bottom end parallel to the flat seed on
either side. You'll have two large slices with the majority of the meat. The
remaining thin slice of meat surrounding the seed can then be carefully pared
away from the seed.
Take
each large slice and cut down to, but not through, the skin in a cross-hatch
pattern and then push the skin side up and out to pop the mango cubes easily
from the skin. Take a look at these handy step-by-step photo instructions for a
visual reference.
• An
average large mango will weigh about 1 pound and yield about 1-3/4 cups diced
fruit.
• The
juice will stain your clothing, so be careful eating.
• If
the fruit is too ripe to delve into without making a mess, simply massage the
fruit until it is extremely soft, slice off the stem end and squeeze the juice
into a glass, a container or right into your mouth.
• Many markets now sell frozen
mango in the freezer case. Canned mango nectar is also an option for many
recipes.
• If you can't find mangoes at
all, but like the look of a particular recipe, you can try substituting peaches
or nectarines.
• Although not poisonous, the
skin is generally not eaten as it can be irritating to the mouth.
• If you are allergic to poison
oak or poison ivy, you will probably be allergic to the skin and sap of a
mango. Use gloves. In general, the peeled fruit or internal fruit juice usually
causes no allergic reactions. Check with your doctor.
• In many tropical countries,
mangoes are peeled and sliced on an angle in a criss-cross fashion down to the
seed and then served on a stick or a special mango fork, much like a popsicle
or ice cream bar. More Read..........
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