Much like making one’s own popsicles or popsicle variations, making homemade lemonade or limeade is a great kitchen skill to possess. If you are sensitive to the amount of sugar in your drinks, you can dial the sweetness down to suit your preference. If you’ve got a range of fruits on hand, you can experiment with blending things together and coming up with great flavor combinations. Here, the lime juice serves as a companion to the smooth and tropical mango puree, and the sweetness is hushed down considerably.
Last Year: Roasted Broccoli Pasta Salad and Strawberry Mango Crumble–look! One year to the day, and I post another mango recipe. It must really be the start of summer.
Mango Limeade
If you are feeling a bit fancy, feel free to sub in sparkling water for the plain water in this recipe, or, if your fanciness takes on a more grown-up tone, try stirring some of the mango-lime puree into a glass of sparkling wine or Prosecco.
½ cup fresh lime juice
the ripe flesh from 2 mangoes, pureed then strained (you should end up with about ¾ of a cup of mango puree)
¼ to 1/3 cup sugar, depending on your preferred level of sweetness
4 cups water
pinch of salt
In a large bowl or pitcher, combine lime juice, mango puree, and sugar. Stir thoroughly, until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in water and pinch of salt. That’s it. You’re done.
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