Mangini
Yield: 6 Cocktails
This champagne-mango
cocktail is a play on words on the peach-based Bellini, which was
invented by Harry Cipriani at Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy. I like
to think of the Mangini as an improvement, and it makes a great
Sunday brunch cocktail. The mango purée can be stored for a day or
two in the refrigerator. You can substitute frozen mango if fresh
is unavailable, but as always, fresh is best.
2 very ripe mangoes
1/2 to 1 cup ice water, as needed
1 bottle champagne or cava, chilled
Peel the mangoes and cut away the flesh from the pits. Place the flesh in a food processor and purée until smooth. If the purée is too thick, slowly add some of the ice water until the desired consistency is reached.
In the bottom of each champagne flute glass place 1 ounce of the mango purée and top off with your favorite champagne.
Recipe from:
Nuevo Latino:
Recipes That Celebrate the New Latin-American
Cuisine
by Douglas Rodriguez with John Harrisson
Photographs by Dennis Galante
$27.95, cloth,
Ten Speed Press
ISBN 0-8915-752-8
Recipe reprinted by permission.
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This page created December 1998; modified November 2009
