SOOO many Mangos....any great mango recipes??

We have a HUGE mango tree in our garden and i have about 30 mangos on my kitchen table all about 2 days off being ripe to eat!!! and bout another 50 on the tree which i might try and rescue some of from the bats before they all go!!

BUT....what do i do with them all!?!?!?!? So far i have made mango muffins (some in the freezer) Mango ice pops. We have had mango salsa with prawns and mango pancakes for breakfast, Luckily DD loves them but how many can you really eat!! :)

Im going to make a chutney but i seams you only need on or two for the recipe ive got...any great mango chutney recipes?? or anything else that i can do with them so i dont have to gorge on them all now!

TIA

oh wow, that's soooo many! My dh would love to live at your house ATM. I have no idea about mango recipes though, but dh is loving banana & mango smoothies ATM. Maybe give them to neighbours, friends or family?

Lol I say gorge on them!!!

What about some sort of mango cheesecake? I wonder if you could cut them up and freeze in portions? Maybe they wouldn't defrost so well to eat on their own but you could have them in yoghurt, with icecream and in other recipes?

I just googles recipes with mangos and there came up heaps on the taste website there were
mango and coconut cupcakes
mango and coconut pudding
mango butter
daiquiris (I would definitely do some of these!!!!!)
mango and passionfruit cheesecake
Lychee and mango sorbet
creamy mango jelly
coconut and mango cheesecake
chicken and mango parcels
pork with mango sauce
fish with mango guacomole

....can you tell I'm jealous yet???

Like Jas said, I'd cut up the excess and freeze them in smaller portions (even in ice cube trays and then in the zip lock bags once they're frozen). Then you can enjoy them in various ways year-round. Yummy! I love mangos!

yup, i agree, cut them up and freeze them. I buy mango cheeks frozen from our greengrocer.

You could also vitamise them, and freeze them into icypoles. My daughter loves chewing on frozen mango. Can i just add........ i am SO jealous!!!

Another Melbournite who is JEALOUS!!!!! :lol:

Mango Jam mmmmmmm.

hehe my sis just gave me a big box of mangoes today! mango pancakes sound awesome :p

Yummmmmm!!! My dad pulps them and puts them in little containers in the freezer. Then uses the slushy pulp for mango daiquiris. They are super yum.
We like mango chicken here. It's quite a sweet recipe but we like it. Put some butter, cumin, cinnamon and garlic in a frypan (you can whack in some cardamom too if you like it... I don't much like it, LOL!) Then brown some chicken in there. When it's almost cooked, add some mushed up mango (I use it from the tin but it'd be soooooooo much yummier fresh!) and some cream or light evaporated milk if you're wanting something a little healthier. Serve with rice.

Enjoy those mangoes. We have fleeced a couple from my parents because we're too tight to buy any ourselves, LOL! Too exxy down here :(

Was about to suggest the pulping/freezing for daiquiris too...then you could have endless ****tail material on supply :lol:

........ Had a college friend whom was Indian and she invited me over one day for lunch to try some different Indian dishes and the dessert was yummy but simple to make ... she cubed a Mango and slightly freezed it (not solid frozen) and poured chilled coconut milk or coconut cream all over them in a bowl before serving :D

yumm! I think you need to send some boxes of them down south! Lol.

I would chop them up and freeze them that way you can use them for whatever you want later on. have you asked any of your neighbours/work colleagues/friends etc if they would like some?

Thanks all, i probably give two or three away to everyone that comes over and i still have that many...LOL. its a big tree! very lucky.
I think that the best idea is freezing some to use later. Already made the mango coconut cupcakes but they arnt that great. fine for DD and no sugar, just honey (which is probably why they arnt that great :) )
We had some for christmas and made Daquiries!!! That was a big hit!! but cant just sit around drinking vodka all day....or can i... :)

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but cant just sit around drinking vodka all day....or can i... :)

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Um YEAH you can :lol:

I vote daiquiris too.

You can cut and peal them and freeze the cheeks

Hmmm might have to take a trip up to the Sunny Coast and sit around with you drinking vodka all day :dance:

When we lived in Darwin people used to freeze them whole.

We make our daiquiris with Bacardi and mango liqueur. Bit of OJ to liquify it a bit. Whizz it in a big jug with a hand mixer. It's very yummy and reminds me of summer and Christmas.

haven't read all the reponses here but wanted to post cos i remembered the thread title

i just got an email from lifestyle food with at least 8 mango recipe links on it - i'm guessing if you go to the lifestyle food webpage and put mango as your ingredient, you'd get heaps!

We used to freeze em as puree then pop em straight into a smoothy. Or in Mango chicken (like apricot but trade mango and apricot) cheesecake...Ummmmm

YUMM Mangoes!!!

I havent read any other posts but how about some mango sorbet OR MANGO PUDDING!!!!! YUMM!!

Mango ice cream
Mango sobert

I also pureed some and made up some lemon jelly to set it, used the mango puree instead of the cold water you add IYKWIM. Was really yummy and the lemon really cut through the super sweet mango

You could also freeze some puree to add to muffin mixes, pancakes, sauce for ice cream when you feel like something mangoey

Whenever I have an abundance of mangoes and can't eat them all fresh I puree and freeze them, then use them in:

Curries, mango smoothies/slushies, icypoles, mango & coconut icecream, muffins/cakes.

I also do a chicken salad with grilled chicken marinated in lime or lemon juice, soy, garlic, a touch of ginger and kaffir lime leaves. In the salad I use lots of mint and/or coriander, then do a mango vinaigrette (pureed mango, finely chopped coriander, mint, or Thai basil, olive oil, black pepper and a little white wine vinegar). I'll chop some whole mangoes up in the salad too. You can do almost anything in the salad, I tend to use spinach leaves, lots of herb leaves, and sometimes I'll use rice noodles as well.

Another mango dressing that works really well is mayo, mango, seeded mustard, pepper, a little oil and white wine vinegar.

Mangos, especially if a little under-ripe, work brilliantly in stirfries and Thai style salads, or in any mixed salad as the sweetness is contrasted beautifully by vinegar. Or with coconut, or onion as a sambal to go with curries.

Way too many mangoes in this household as well! We picked 12 boxes with an average of 200 per box off a farm owned by family friend... every second night we cheek, halve and peel about 50 and put 10 pieces in a zip lock bag - our chest freezer has never been so full! We puree what's left around the seed and freeze in ice cube trays! After last night we have 134 to go - over it HAHA

As for recipes my fav would be imitation weise bars (SP?) Cream about 100g of sugar with one egg, add 600ml of cream and whip it to thick (I have a thermomix so that makes it much easier) add puree (equivilant of 3 good sized mango) and some crushed macadamias - freeze and enjoy YUMMY!! Being preggas in this heat I would kill (ok maybe not kill but harm) for a mango daquiri.............. *drools*