May 7, 2012

the chef shows you how to make mango cocktail sauce

I love when Danny decides to play for dinner.

We do a lot of looking through cookbooks together around here. Sometimes in bed. It’s one of our favorite activities. (Yes, we are nerds.) I read cookbooks voraciously, for the story as much as the measurements. I love imagining dishes and trying to figure out how that cook made those words on the page come to life. Danny reads cookbooks differently. He looks for recipes that remind him of something he has eaten or something he has created. He never, ever cooks from a recipe. To follow along someone else’s ingredients and techniques make him as itchy as wearing socks full of spiders. But if he sees an ingredient, a something that triggers a response? He’s off.

Last week, before dinner, he was flipping through a Jean-Georges Vongerichten book. A recipe for peach sauce inspired him to pull the ripe mango from our fruit bowl and make mango cocktail sauce. All three of us enjoyed it so thoroughly that we decided to make a video and show you how to make it too.

It’s so lovely and simple.

In case you want the ingredients written down, here you are!

1 ripe mango, peeled
1 clove garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons each fine-chopped cilantro and fresh parsley
1/4 lemon
2 tablespoons prepared horseradish (use fresh if you want to)
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon chile flakes (optional)

Want the technique? Watch the video!

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Brian @ A Thought For Food May 7, 2012 at 8:17 am

You guys always crack me up. Love all of these videos… really, I can’t get enough.

Ooooooooh… Just heard the idea of mixing this up with goat cheese. Love it!

Fish tacos might have to happen this week.

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Sarah - Celiac in the City May 7, 2012 at 8:23 am

Wow, good call on grating the mango — much easier! Thanks to you and Danny for putting a smile on my face this morning.

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Adryon May 7, 2012 at 8:25 am

This looks fantastic! What a great way to change up cocktail sauce. Love mango and cilantro together.

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molly May 7, 2012 at 10:57 am

this reminds me of one of my favorite salsas, a small chop of fresh peach (or mango) plus big fistfuls of sweet onion and cilantro, soused on fresh lime, well-seasoned by salt and chili.

btw, you have a standing invite to play in my kitchen, anytime :)

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shauna May 7, 2012 at 11:01 am

Molly, if we are ever near you, we are there in a heartbeat.

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Ingrid @ Jammy Chicken May 7, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Fruit cocktail sauce is such a fresh and summery idea, and I love the photo of Julia Child on the side of your microwave! It’s just peeking out there at the end of the video – great inspiration for some seriously good cooking.

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Mary Fran | FrannyCakes May 7, 2012 at 8:07 pm

This sounds delightful (and I love playing in the kitchen! that is the best kind of playing!).

Do you think it would go well with chicken or pork? There would be one less human on this earth if I tried to eat the shrimp :)

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shauna May 7, 2012 at 8:15 pm

Please don’t eat the shrimp! I know it goes great with chicken, because I’ve tried it. I’m sure pork would be great too.

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Mary Fran | FrannyCakes May 7, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Then I think I know what I am making for dinner tomorrow because I just happen to have a couple of mangoes :)

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Terry May 8, 2012 at 8:38 am

Question, Chef. Why is it better t mince than crush a clove of garlic?

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Healthy Living Val May 8, 2012 at 7:04 pm

What a beautiful plate! Mango with horseradish is not something you’d think of but tomatoes are also a fruit and pretty acidic at that.

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Kate @ eatrecyclerepeat May 9, 2012 at 2:12 am

I wonder how this would be with roasted garlic? Only because I rarely have the patience for mincing…

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Gal Gone Gluten Free May 9, 2012 at 7:27 pm

Another great post. Myself a cilantrophobe (yeh, tastes like Ivory Soap to me) I’ll opt for the parsley plus parsley on this one. Thinking of giving it a go for a mother’s day brunch… Many thanks, GGGF

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Judi May 10, 2012 at 7:53 am

This looks so delish!
Thanks for the nudge to use up that mango that has
been in the bowl this week.
Love the new camera angle, too!!

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Kristy May 10, 2012 at 1:20 pm

I was just thinking of making a mango salsa (because I can’t eat tomatoes) so it’s a delight to see this post! Nerds rule : )

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InTolerantChef May 11, 2012 at 4:17 am

So lovely and light, it would be so sweet and refreshing too :)

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