Lately I've been craving bright and tropical flavors. I made mango orange ice cream and paired with ginger ale to create a vibrant drink for Iron Chef Mango!
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I think everyone in DC is feeling about the same way I am. The clouds, the rain, the cold....we're done. We survived Snowmaggedon last year, and we're just not ready for anything resembling cold weather yet. I didn't really realize it until I sat down and thought about how nobody really wants to eat pumpkin, or cranberries. I feel like if we give in too much to these holiday flavors then we will be starting that slow death march to the bitter cold of February. I'm not ready.
In a state of denial, our monthly Iron Chef potluck was themed for mango! And thank heaven next month will be lime! We're keeping the food tropical and maybe if we crank up the heater enough we might forget for an hour of two that a bitter cold winter is right around the corner.
Wow. That was a bit of a downer. Let's get back to yummy food.
My friends Tristan and Rachel, from the amazing weekend of pumpkin fun and a New England road trip, brought some fierce competition. Tristan told me about a year ago his only goal is to beat me. Just once. Congratulations! You succeeded! It will never happen again... just kidding! I love you! And since we both brought mango drinks it was a fair fight. Ra-stan...no, maybe, Trichel? Hmmm....either way, their team made a fabulous mango lassi, based off of a few different recipes they'd found online!
The evening was a great success with mango drinks all around!
Mango Orange Ice Cream Floats
2 cups Mango/Orange Juice
2 eggs
3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp. lemon flavoring
2 cups cream
1 cup milk
In a small saucepan, boil the mango/orange juice until reduced to about 1/3 of a cup. Allow to cool slightly.
In a stand mixer combine the eggs and sugar. Beat for one minute until light and fluffy.
Gently mix in the cream, milk, lemon flavoring and mango orange syrup.
Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker. Allow the ice cream to churn until finished and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
12 comments:
YUMMY. That is all. :)
How pretty! They look delicious!
yum, those look and sound delicious. i also seem to crave fruity, cold desserts more in the winter for some reason.
Lovely flavors.....I am craving a float now. ;)
mmm.... I love mango!!! and this looks so yummy!!!! :D
I can go for tropical any day in comparison to the cold drippyness of fall. We didn't get much snow last year (not like you did from the sounds of it) but it's a dark and gloomy time of year. Mango and lime are just right to add some color and liveliness to it! Makes me want to take a trip. Somewhere warm.
I love mango in anything or just plain, so these floats put me on the tropical island with beach and sand.
Oh how pretty, refreshing & of course chock full of flavor...pass one please
I really like this fresh twist on the old root beer float! I too have been craving lighter flavors lately.
Looks delicous!!!
Wow that looks fantastic. I'm not even a mango fan and I'd down that in a heartbeat. I haven't had an ice cream float since the last A&W I saw (decades ago). It's time to change that!
Yum, yum, yum Need I say more?
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