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Singapore Recipe: Mango Sorbet Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

Mango trees grow all over Asia, even in the middle of urban Singapore. When in season, mangoes are used in everything from candy to pudding to ice cream. Here is a delicious sorbet recipe adapted from A Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz, by Aun Koh, author of chubbyhubby.net Singaporean food blog.

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Ingredients:

2.2 pounds peeled and deseeded ripe mangoes, roughly diced
4.5 ounces grams sugar
5.4 ounces bottled water
8 teaspoons freshly squeezed kalamansi (a lime indigenous to Philippines) juice
2 tablespoons dark rum
Pinch of salt

Directions:

Combine the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth (add more lime juice and/or rum to taste). Chill the mixture then freeze it in your ice cream machine.

Servings: Makes one quart.

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