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SPRING/SUMMER/WINTER FRUIT
Description:
The mango is an oblong, slightly flattened fruit,
It ranges in size from as small as an egg to some that can grow much larger and weigh up to five pounds. The shapes can range from round to oval to heart-shaped to long and slender.
Within each fruit is a flat seed, surrounded by yellow or orange colored flesh.
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Selecting:
When selecting, choose fruit that is heavy for its size with firm, unblemished skin. When ripe, it should smell sweet, be slightly soft to the touch and plump and round at the stem area.
Avoid any fruit that is shriveled, sour smelling or has a lot of spotted areas.
Storing and Handling:
When storing, leave at room temperature if not ripe and check frequently. When it is slightly soft place it in the refrigerator. It can be stored for up to about four days.
Preparing:
You will need to peel the skin and remove the pit before eating. The pit runs parallel to the shape of the fruit from top to bottom.
Cut a slice off the top and the bottom of the fruit and stand it on its bottom end. With a knife, carefully cut off the fruit, including the skin, parallel to the pit (run the knife along the pit as close as you can get without cutting into it, cutting off the fruit as you go). Cut off the fruit and skin on both sides of the pit.
Now take each half of the fruit you have cut off the pit, with flesh side facing up and the skin side facing down, and carefully score through the flesh in a criss-cross pattern down to but not through the skin (you will be cutting small cubes or squares as you do). Next, push the half of mango out until the middle pops up. This will make the little cubes of fruit stick out and you can either cut the fruit away from the skin with a knife or scoop it out with a spoon.
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Salads: a sweet, smooth and creamy addition to both vegetable and fruit salads. A simple salad can be made by just combining mango cubes with spinach leaves, mandarin orange sections and chopped walnuts.
Smoothies: combine with berries, like strawberries and a little low-fat milk, rice milk or soymilk and blend into a quick and delicious smoothie.
Salsa: a great way to make a sweet and tropical tasting salsa.
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Seasonings and Foods to use: avocado, chicken, cilantro, citrus fruit, cucumbers, lime juice, pineapple, seafood, strawberries
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Quick Salad – Mango Recipes:
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