Indian recipe for 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has mango, cardamom pod, lime, icing sugar, brandy, double cream, meringue and mint.
Mango & cardamom syllabub
Course: Indian
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Mint: mint sprigs, to serve
- Lime: finely grated zest and juice 2 limes
- Mango: 4 large mangoes, peeled and stoned, 2 finely chopped
- Double Cream: 568ml pot double cream
- Brandy: 4 tbsp brandy
- Icing Sugar: 85g icing sugar
- Cardamom Pod: 10 green cardamom pods, seeds removed
- Meringue: 4 meringues shells, lightly crushed
Directions
- Put the flesh of 2 mangoes in a food processor and blend to a puree. Stir in almost all the finely chopped flesh of the other 2 mangoes, then spoon into the base of 8 glasses.
- Grind the cardamom seeds to a powder, then put in a bowl with the lime zest and juice, icing sugar and brandy. Stir well, then tip in the cream and whip until it holds its shape. Fold in the crushed meringue.
- Spoon the cream mixture on top of the mango puree, then spoon the remaining chopped mango on top. This can be made 1 hr ahead. Serve decorated with mint sprigs.
