Mango And Vanilla Fool Food

MANGO FOOL

Steps:

• Peel and cut the mangoes into small pieces and dump them in a blender.
• Put aside enough slices to garnish.
• Add the ginger, sugar and lime juice to the blender and blend until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whip the cream (I would suggest an electric mixer) until peaks form.
• Fold the mango mixture into the whipped cream, a bit at a time.
• Stir, then gradually add more, until they are all mixed together.
• Pour the mixture into bowls and chill for one hour before serving.

MAHI MAHI WITH MANGO-VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• Prep an outdoor grill.
• Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Saute the shallots until they are translucent. Add the wine and mango. Saute for 20 seconds. Add the cream and reduce the mixture by one half.
• Add the vanilla bean scrapings to the pan and stir the mixture. Turn the heat to low. Add the tomato puree. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Place the sauce in a blender and puree for 1 minute. Watch out for the steam when pureeing hot liquids!
• Pour the sauce through a strainer, return it to the saute pan and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Keep warm on the back of the stove.
• Preheat your grill to about medium to medium high heat.
• Season the mahi mahi fillets with salt and pepper and brush with some olive oil. Grill the fillets for 1 to 2 minutes, rotate 90 degrees and grill an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the fillets over and repeat the grilling process. Remove the fillets form the grill.
• Serve with the mango-vanilla sauce.

MANGO FOOL (OR PAPAYA OR BANANA...)

Steps:

• CUSTARD.
• Heat coconut milk and water in double boiler or heavy saucepan over low heat, do not boil.
• In a bowl, mix sugar into beaten eggs. Slowly stir in about 1/2 cup of the heated milk to the egg-sugar mixture to temper.
• Slowly stir the egg-sugar mixture into heated milk. Cook on low heat until thickened into a custard, stirring gently and continuously.
• Add salt to taste. Refrigerate custard.
• FRUIT.
• While custard is cooling, peel, seed and chop fruit. Cook the fruit by bringing water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan. Add fruit pieces, reduce heat and cook until tender, 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mash fruit or press through a sieve. Refrigerate.
• SERVE.
• Gently fold together cooled custard and cooled fruit. Spoon into serving bowls and top with whipped cream.

CRANBERRY-MANGO FOOL WITH GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Put the cranberry-mango relish in a food processor and process until smooth.
• Whip together the cream, sugar and vanilla extract until soft peaks form. Reserve 1/4 cup of the cream in a separate bowl. Fold the puree into the remaining cream until just combined. Fill each red wine goblet 1/2 way with some of the fool and sprinkle with some of the gingersnaps. Fill the goblets the rest of the way with the fool, top with a dollop of the remaining whipped cream and a sprinkling of gingersnap.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add onions and ginger and cook until soft. Add orange juice and brown sugar and cook until the sugar is completely melted and the mixture thickens slightly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add half of the cranberries and cook until they pop. Add remaining cranberries and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the mangoes and zest. Serve at room temperature.

THE CARIBBEAN MANGO FOOL

Steps:

• Put mango pieces in blender & liquidize (or mash well in a bowl with a fork).
• Stir the lime or lemon juice into the mango puree, mixing well.
• In another bowl, whisk the cream until it starts to thicken, but not enough to form peaks. Set aside.
• Stir in the yogurt & coconut milk (if using) into the mango mixture.
• Gently fold the cream into the mango mixture.
• Pour the fool into bowls or glasses and put them into the refrigerator to chill until serving time.
• Decorate with slices of mango before serving.