kerravonsen | The Day Of The Sorbet

Deep in the dungeons, away from the fiery heat, darkness calls, and so does fruit...

No Igor, I do not want the ham! Give me the mangoes!

Experiment #68: Mango Sorbet take 2
Ingredients:

* 3 fresh mangos
* 7 T Natvia

Instructions:

* Chop and puree the mangos. Blend in the remaining ingredients.
* The mixture came to about 700ml, so I poured off some of the excess(*), so that the mixture wasn't more than 600ml, so as to fit into my ice-cream machine.
* Process in ice-cream machine.

Whys: I needed space in the fridge, so the mangos had to be used. I wanted to see if I could do the Mango sorbet with just Natvia, and thus make it a recipe that was more accessible to others.

Result:

* Colour is orange; not pale, not bright, just a slightly creamy orange.
* Texture is soft and creamy with that slight iciness that a sorbet has.
* Taste is Just Right. Really. Full mango flavour, not too sweet, no aftertaste.
* Scoopability will have to be tested tomorrow.

Verdict:

Just Right, as Goldilocks said.

Pouring off the excess might not have been necessary, but I'm glad I did, because I really did not want to battle with an overflowing ice-cream machine.

Lessons:

* Mango is good. Which I already knew.
* Mango is impossible to measure beforehand.
* Natvia works by itself.
* Pouring off the excess is wise.

(*) I mixed the excess mixture (about 100ml) with milk and drank it as a delicious mango shake.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone out there had made ham ice-cream. After all, some people make Maple-and-Bacon ice cream.

Oh. Yes, they have: Ham Ice Cream with figs... by the Association Of Black Forest Ham... I suppose they have something to prove about the versatility of ham, don't they?