Sunday, January 31, 2010

Mango Glaze - Attempt at Food Blogging 2

I really dislike maple syrup. Which is strange, considering I love waffles and pancakes and french toast; I mean, what goes better with those than maple syrup?? To my palate though, anything else. Unfortunately, this little culinary quirk of mine usually means I turn down pancakes and waffles at restaurants and rarely bother to make them at home. Naked French Toast just doesn't seem that appetizing (this turned out to be apparently not true, later post on the Nutella Version).

To remedy this, I recently came up with a Mango Glaze that seems to be a hit among friends and housemates. It's basically a simple brown sugar reduction with a tiny bit of mango concentrate.

  • First heat up 1/4 - 1/2 cup of water and 2 tspoon of butter, swirl until melted. 
  • Add in 3 heaping spoons of brown sugar, wait until fully integrated.
  • Bring sugar-water mixture to a boil, add in another 1-3 spoons of brown sugar (or just any type really).
  • You can also add in a spoon of honey if desired at this point. 
  • Continue to boil mixture, taking care to not burn by constant stirring. 
  • Add in two spoons of mango concentrate (I just did one spoon of liquid from a can of mangoes and one mango chunk, diced).
  • Continue to boil till mixture reach desired consistency (I wait till it is syrup-y). 
  • Serve in drizzles, VERY sweet, don't overload.

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