Mango Flambe (Mangas Flambada)
Soft and caramelized, liquor-infused Mango Flambe makes for a delicious summer ice cream topping or a fun breakfast treat with yogurt and granola.
Servings: 2 - 3 people
Calories: 135kcal
Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon salted butter
- 1 mango. peeled, pitted and cut into slices
- 1 ½ teaspoon sugar
- Pinch salt
- ¼ c white rum
- 2 tablespoon triple sec or other orange-flavored liquor
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat butter in a large, oven-proof sauté pan. Add mango slices, sugar, and salt. Sauté until the sugars begin to caramelize and turn a light, golden brown, 5-7 minutes over medium heat.
- In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, mix rum and triple sec. Pour the liquor over the mangoes and let the liquor heat for 30-45 seconds.
- Light the liquor with a match and watch the show as the flames dance around your sauté pan. Once all the alcohol has burned off, the flames will go out. Sprinkle the mangoes with 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
- Serve mangoes over ice cream or yogurt. And, don’t forget to ladle some of the sweet, rum-infused sauce over top too!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 135kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.8g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 0.8g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 837mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 20.4g