Mango Yoghurt Drink

Mango Yoghurt Drink

Mango Yoghurt Drink is a deliciously, rich, silky smooth drink with the gloriously exotic taste of mangoes. The best drink ever when mangoes are in season.

A chilled mango yoghurt drink is a real treat

When it’s hot outdoors a glassful of chilled mango yoghurt drink is a real treat that refreshes you and also replenishes you, giving a real boost to the system.

This mango yoghurt drink has ALL natural ingredients

Unlike yoghurt drinks you’ll buy in the store, this yoghurt drink is all natural. No preservatives, no artificial colours or flavourings. No added sugar, the mango already brings all the sweetness needed, and it sweetens it perfectly.

I’m shocked – some people have never tasted mango – they don’t know what they’re missing

I’m really surprised that there are still people out there that haven’t tasted a mango. I can’t imagine never having had that pleasure, and not knowing just how good they are.

Mangoes need the sun

I must take a minute and qualify that remark though. A beautiful ripe mango that has been ripened out in the summer sun is absolutely sublime and melts in your mouth and the sweet sticky juice dribbles down the side of your mouth, it’s so fantastically juicy.

A mango that is under-ripe can taste really quite aggressively sharp and be hard as a coconut.

And a mango that has been picked early for export and then left to ripen in a box can be just as bad. The sun hasn’t had the chance to develop the sugars or even the flavours generally, so they may be a little softer but they can just taste like cardboard.

You get what you pay for

So please,don’t be tempted to buy cheap mangoes. If you’re going to buy a mango, buy it from a good supplier not an ecconomy supermarket. And make sure its ripe. Yes, it will be more expensive, but it will be sooo worth it.

Colour isn’t the best guide

If you’re not sure how to know when a mango is ripe, let me explain. First you should know that there are different types of mango, just like there are different types of apple. Some are ripe when they turn a lovely gold with a reddish glow. Others are dark green and will always stay that colour even when fully ripe. So colour isn’t necessarily the best guide for you.

Make sure it’s ripe – try before you buy – give it a gentle squeeze

You can squeeze one gently to judge ripeness. A ripe mango is similar to a peach in so much as the flesh will become softer as it ripens. Another really good sign that a mango is ripe is that it may have a sweet fruity fragrance and this generally indicates that the flesh is going to be really tasty too.

So what does a mango taste like?

So, if you’ve never tasted a mango let me try to describe what you might expect it to taste like. The flesh has the bite similar to a cantaloupe melon or a papaya. A ripe mango is beautifully sweet. It has the taste I’ve heard described as the cross between a peach and a pineapple. Other people have said that they are like a sweet citrus, crossed with a cantaloupe or sweet honey dew melon. They’re also very fragrant, smelling quite tropical.

Try one asap – you don’t know what you’re missing

I know those descriptions seem to cover quite a broad spectrum but they have quite an individual flavour which is tricky to pinpoint. I would definitely recommend trying one and not leaving it a day longer, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.

So, Let’s make this mango yoghurt drink

Ingredients

• 1 large ripe mango or if you can’t get a fresh mango use 250ml of mango pulp from a tin
• 750ml plain yoghurt (I like to use Greek yoghurt)
• 500ml very cold water

• ice to serve

Method

Peel the mango and remove the stone. Roughly chop the flesh.

Put the mango flesh or pulp into a blender with the yoghurt and blitz thoroughly.

Fill a large jug 1/4 full with ice.

Pour your blitzed mango yoghurt into the jug over the ice. Add the water and mix thoroughly.

Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.

Serve with plenty of ice

enjoy your delicious Mango Yoghurt Drink

*This mix is also great to make ice lollies, in which case you don’t need to add the water