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The Taste of Yellow: Mango-Coconut Sorbet
May 6, 2007 | 24 Comments
Yellow is the colour of sunshine, clarity, autumn, and friendship.
In the body, it is associated with the core – the solar plexus. It also signifies the fight against cancer.
May 16, 2007 is LIVESTRONG Day. It is the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s (LAF) grassroots advocacy initiative to unify people affected by cancer and to raise awareness about cancer survivorship issues on a national level and in local communities across the country.
Barbara, of Winos and Foodies organised the TASTE OF YELLOW event, inviting yellow culinary creations to commemorate the effort to defeat cancer. This brave lady in New Zealand has been fighting her own battles with cancer, and has lost some of her dearest friends and family members to the disease. We wish you all the strength and determination you need to recover fully, Barbara.
We learnt of this event in the nick of time, and scoured our fridge and pantry for the perfect yellow dish. We added a little of this and a dab of that into our food processor. What we got was a sweet treat with the bright, tropical flavours of mango, coconut, ginger, lime and saffron.
We don’t own an ice-cream machine, but if you do, use it for the perfect texture. We used readymade frozen mango cubes. If you’re using fresh mango, just blend it with everything else. If you wish to skip the coconut, do so by all means. You can replace the sugar with sweetened condensed milk for a creamier version.
TROPICAL SORBET
Ingredients
4 cups frozen mango chunks
1/4 cup coconut milk – fresh or canned
1/4 cup sugar (or according to taste)
1/4 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 tsp lime juice
a pinch of salt
2 pinches of saffron
mango puree and dessicated coconut to garnish
Method
1. Take the mango cubes out of the freezer and let them thaw for about 5 minutes. A 20-30 second zap in the microwave may speed up the process.
2. Warm the coconut milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Add the sugar and saffron, microwave it for another 20-30 seconds, stir it around until the sugar dissolves, and let it cool.
3. Grind the ginger, salt and mango cubes to a really fine paste. If you need liquid, add the coconut-sugar liquid a bit at a time.
4. When the paste is very smooth, add the lime juice and mix.
5. Put the mixture in a sealed container in the freezer, and let it set for 4 hours or so.
6. When it is frozen, take it out, let it thaw for a few minutes, scoop into tight balls and serve.
Edited to add: Running it another time in the food processor and freezing it again may yield a lighter texture.
Please visit Barbara’s blog to check out her dazzling array of yellow dishes, as well as her round up of the event on May 16.
Also drop by at Mele Cotte for Chris’s roundup of her Cooking to Combat Cancer event held in April. Chris is a cancer survivor, and her story gives hope and inspiration to people worldwide.
This is also our entry for A Fruit A Month – Mango organised by Deepa at Recipes and More.
Lance Armstrong Foundation donation page.
The colour yellow – A Photo Essay.
Filed Under: Coconut, Defeat Cancer, Ginger, Lance-Armstrong-Foundation, Lemon/Lime, lime, Mango, mango-coconut-sorbet, Saffron, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes, yellow
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24 Comments
After mishmash’s mango sorbet yours wow its really a dish to try nice picture as ever!
A very unique recipe and nice presentation. The photo is tempting. Tks for sharing. Viji
Man you guys are geniuses making this just like that and the presentation is pro too. Cheers!
Just the thing for a summery noon
Love the use of coconut milk. Did you use fresh or canned coconut milk. Which brand?
canned. we use coconut milk powder too from time to time. as far as brands go, we prefer chaokoh and bangkok. some brands of coconut milk smell funky. – b.
What is the sauce below the sorbet? And, did u try taking this photo in a plain plate? Just curious how it wud look like…
the sauce is mango puree. we tried taking the pic in a green bowl, but somehow the yellow looked more orange, so we switched to white. – b.
ummmm! Now where did I put that spoon?
That looks real perty.
Yummo!! in Rachel Ray style. Beautiful presentation.
Love it Bee! Beautiful color and a dish for a great cause.I sent my Pudding too.
Guess what my kids are buying me for Mother’s day?!Will post next week!!
beautiful colour. Didn’t know about the event thanks.
looks pretty with that coconut garnish
yes, Bee…telepathy or not, I feel our brains are so conditioned in such a way that food stylists have made us believe that this is the most beautiful way of making the sauce visually appealing
I was told that Sig was also thinking in the same lines 
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I was not aware of this event, let me see if I can send it across , that too for a good cause…thanks for putting it up!
Shn
the deadline has been extended to may 9.
Beautiful Presentation Bee ..Thks for participating too …
i have fresh mangoes at home now,let me try this one with that!looks soo yummy.
photo looks lovely!going to try this out with my icecream maker. thanks for sharing the recipe
paati
WOW! Just fabulous.
Any alternative to coconut milk that you can suggest?
I didn’t know of this event…you’ve me inspired to participate.-TC
use half and half, or sweetened condensed milk (don’t add sugar), or nothing at all. just make sure to melt and dissolve the sugar before adding it. – b.
Thats a loverly looking dish. I am also cooking something with Mango for the same cause.
How come I missed this one???!!!!
How about using fresh mango?
yeah, you can use fresh mango. it may take longer to freeze. that’s all. – b.
The Taste of Bliss.
That picture is gorgeous.
A beautiful entry for a great cause.
This is wonderful. Thankyou for sharing and for your support.
lovely looking sorbet. awesome pic.
If you are promoting an anti cancer diet you should consider eliminating the microwave steps. There has been a lot of research showing that the microwave alters the cell structure of food. This could mean that food not only loses its nutritional value but may even instigate tumor cell growth.
And ladies, get your mammograms!!! If something doesn’t feel right and your doctor won’t listen…get a new doctor.
Thanks for reading. 37 yr old husband of two time breast cancer survivor.