How to Make Mango Parfait

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 2 hours

Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients needed to make Mango Parfait:

For the parfait:

• 9 oz Alphonso mango puree
• 2 ½ oz caster sugar
• 3 eggs yolks
• 6 fl oz double cream

For the passion fruit glaze:

• 5 passion fruits
• 2 gelatin leaves
• 4 tbsp caster sugar

For serving:

• 1 large ripe alphonso mango
• 3 vanilla pods, split
• Apple blossoms

Cooking instructions for Mango Parfait:

• To make the parfait, cover the base of six 2 ½’’ wide and 1 ¼’’ deep, square mousse molds tightly with cling film and arrange them on a baking tray.
• Place the egg yolks in a large bowl and whisk them thoroughly along with sugar until the yolks break down.
• Place the bowl onto a larger bowl with simmering water, so that its bottom doesn’t come in contact with the water.
• Continue to beat the mixture with an electric mixer until it thickens, fluffs up to thrice its original volume and turns pale in colour.
• Pour the mango puree into the whisked egg and fold them together gently until well combined.
• Place the cream in a separate bowl and whisk it with an electric mixer until it forms soft peaks.
• Scrape it out onto the mango mixture and fold into it until they are blended thoroughly into a uniform mixture.
• Spoon it into the prepared molds and leave in the freezer for a couple of hours or until set.
• To make the glaze, drop the gelatin leaves in a bowl of water and let it soak for about 5 minutes or until they soften.
• Slice the passion fruits into equal halves and scoop out its pulp into a small pan.
• Add sugar into it and cook over moderate heat, stirring often, until it simmers and the sugar melts; turn off the heat and set aside.
• Drain ad squeeze out excess moisture from the gelatin leaves and beat them into the glaze until they dissolve.
• Tip this glaze mixture into a clean bowl and leave in the fridge for an hour, stirring periodically, to stop it from turning firm.
• For serving, peel and slice the mango into 2 ½’’ cubes.
• Scatter these mango cubes onto the serving plates and demold a mango parfait onto each plate.
• Drizzle small amount of glaze over each parfait and finish it off with an apple blossom as well as split vanilla pod on top to garnish.
• Serve chilled.

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