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    Mango Lime Butter

    Source of Recipe

    From "Naturally Sweet Food in Jars" by Marisa McClellan

    Recipe Introduction

    "When I was just out of college, I spent a month in Indonesia. For much of my time there, I stayed at a hotel in Bali where, for $10 a night, I had a cozy room and access to a daily breakfast buffet. I would pile a plate high with slices of pineapple, papaya, and mango that they'd dressed with lime to prevent it from turning brown. This butter recalls those mornings for me."

    List of Ingredients

    ◦ 3 pounds ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and diced
    ◦ 1 cup honey
    ◦ cup bottled lime juice
    ◦ 1 teaspoon lime zest

    Recipe

    In a low, wide, nonreactive pot, combine the mango, honey, and lime juice. Place the pot over high heat, bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium. Cook, stirring regularly, for 15 to 20 minutes, until the mango has softened to the point where you can easily mash it with a wooden spoon.

    Remove the pot from the heat and pure the softened mango with an immersion blender until smooth. Place the pot over medium-low heat and cook the mango pure down for an additional 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. If the cooking mango is making a splashy mess of your stovetop, top the pot with a fine-mesh splatter screen.

    When the butter is 15 to 20 minutes from being done, prepare a boiling water bath and 4 half-pint jars.

    The mango butter has finished cooking when it doesn't look at all watery and it sits tall in the bowl of a spoon. The color will also have darkened some, and it should have reduced in total volume by about a third.

    Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the lime zest. Funnel the butter into the prepared jars, leaving inch of headspace. Wipe the rims, apply the lids and rings, and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

    Makes 4 half-pint jars






    ❧ Note: I prefer to use the smaller Ataulfo (Mexican) mangoes for this butter, because I find that the pits are smaller and the fruit is slightly less fibrous.

 

 

 


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