Mangonadarita is a mango flavored Margarita inspired by the popular Mexican street food frozen confection mangonada.
Mangonadarita
By Bill Lau | Potable Pastime
My wife Sue (of the cooking blog Palatable Pastime) recently got a markdown box of mixed produce, mostly for the eggplant and potatoes it contained. It also happened to include a nice, ripe mango. Very ripe, like we better use it soon. When I noted it, she said perhaps I could make us some mango lassi that night.
Now I do enjoy a good mango lassi, mind you, but I suddenly had another vision.
This vision was inspired by the Mangonada treat made with mango sorbet, mango slices, Tajín seasoning (a blend primarily of chile peppers, lime and salt), Chamoy sauce and tamarind candy-coated straws.
(Chamoy sauce, if you’re not familiar, is made from dried apricots, chile de árbol, Tajín seasoning and dried hibiscus flowers. It’s tangy and spicy and unique and distinctive, and it plays well with others. Ingredients, that is.)
After perusing the internets, I didn’t see quite what I was after – other recipes are basically frozen Margaritas layered with Chamoy, which is all well and good. I, however, am an ardent fan of on-the-rocks Margaritas. So my approach combines a blender step and a shaking step. Mangonada meets Margarita on-the-rocks as it were.
Suffice to say this was a hit here, and has been requested again soon. I hope you give it a try and enjoy it as much as we did!
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Mangonadarita Recipe
Ingredients for 2 drinks
⦁ 1 ripe mango (flesh removed from pit, peeled and chopped)
⦁ 1.5 ounces fresh lime juice
⦁ 3 ounces tequila
⦁ 1 ounce triple sec
⦁ 3 ounces mango nectar
⦁ Chamoy sauce (as needed)
⦁ Tajín seasoning (as needed)
⦁ 2 tamarind spicy candy straws (optional)
⦁ 2-3 cups crushed ice
Method
- Place chopped mango and liquid ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.
- Moisten rims of serving glasses with lime juice and dip into Tajín seasoning sprinkled on a plate or shallow bowl, turning to coat rim.
- Drizzle Chamoy sauce on the insides of the glasses, tilting to get the sides.
- Add crushed ice and mango mixture to a large cocktail shaker and shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker frosts up.
- Pour into the 2 serving glasses and add more ice if desired.
- Garnish as desired, insert a candy straw if using and serve.
Disclosure: The author has received no reimbursement or compensation for this article. All opinions, remarks and specific brand suggestions are those of the author alone.
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