Mango Cream
This Mango Cream is the perfect mango recipe to make especially when you have lots of ripe mangoes. It is a fancy dessert with mango pulp and heavy cream that is ridiculously easy to make.
Mango Cream Recipe
Welcome to luscious creamy fruity, delightful Mango Cream also known as Mango Fool. It should not be confused with Mango Ice Cream. Think of it as a creamy mango mousse without egg yolks.
We could go on and on about how awesome this mango dessert this. Layers of creamy fruit and perfectly whipped cream with a touch of fresh mango pieces on top. You will be licking your spoon like there’s no tomorrow!
We have a thing we always do with our girls. We make a fancy meal or dessert at home. Then we sit down and eat, treating ourselves like the princesses that we truly are. This time, it was time for us to make a mango treat. Fruity desserts especially those with tropical flavors are the best!
We feel like mango desserts are quite rare. When it’s mango season, we totally enjoy eating all the mangoes we can just as they are. When we were growing up we mostly just ate our mangoes fresh.
But as someone who loves getting fancy in the kitchen and making good food, we have been experimenting more with this tropical fruit. Hence there is a decent number of mango recipes on this blog and the list is growing!
Mango Recipes to Live For
Our Mango Salsa is the appetizer we want to live on every day. Our Mango Upside Down Cake is sticky, moist, so pretty, and crazy good. Our Mango Shrimp Salad is the salad of summer, and our Mango Juice is so refreshing!
And our Mango Coconut Sorbet tastes like something you will enjoy while on a vacation. But today, it’s all about Mango Cream. Who knows what mango recipe could be next? Perhaps Mango Ice Cream? Or a mango panna cotta? Or another Mango Cucumber Salad? Mango, how we love thee.
We discovered a recipe similar to this Mango Cream recipe while flipping through Jessica B. Harris’ African Cookbook. She states that the recipe is Cameroonian. But as someone born and raised in Cameroon, we surprisingly never came across anything like this. However, like a true mango lover, the recipe spoke to our soul.
In Jessica’s rendition, pureed mango is mixed together with cream and then served. You could definitely go that route if you want but we love layering the whipped cream and mango puree and topping it with mango slices. It’s just delightful to look at.
This is the perfect dessert to make with very ripe mangoes so if your mangoes are not very ripe, keep them to turn super ripe then use them in making Mango Cream. Or if you happen to get many mangoes and you are not sure what to do with them, Mango Cream it is! You’re welcome.
We love how it looks pretty and let us tell you: it tastes even better than it looks!
So if you are like us and our girls and you want to enjoy something fancy at home, make this Mango Cream. If you have guests you want to impress, this is a light and fruity satisfying dessert to make. There are make-ahead instructions in the recipe notes so be sure to check those out!
What is Mango Cream?
Mango Cream is a mango dessert made with pureed mangoes and whipped cream. It can be served in two ways: either in layers of mango and whipped cream or the whipped cream is mixed with the mango and then served. Mango cream is best enjoyed chilled though it may be made and served immediately. It should be confused with Mango Ice Cream. Mango Cream is chilled, not frozen like mango ice cream.
Ingredients for Mango Cream
1. Mangoes. Fresh fully ripe mangoes make for the best Mango Cream. The riper the mangoes, the tastier the treat.
2. Orange zest. Orange zest adds great flavor to the mango puree.
4. Heavy whipping cream. We prefer to buy heavy whipping cream then add sugar and vanilla extract and whip myself at home. It tastes so much better than store bought already whipped cream. Make sure the heavy whipping cream is chilled before you whip it so take it out of the fridge just when you are about to start whipping. We use an electric hand mixer to whip the cream. You could use a stand-up mixer or a good ole whisk if you don’t mind a little workout.
5. Sugar. We add some cane sugar to the cream before whipping it. Not much, just a little to make the whipped cream slightly sweet. We also add some cane sugar to the mango before pureeing it. This enhances the taste of the mango. You could use regular granulated sugar in both. We have cane sugar on hand so we tend to use it a lot. We have added honey to the mango puree and it worked well.
6. Vanilla extract. This adds great flavor to the whipped cream. Be generous with the vanilla extract. While testing this recipe with our kids, our oldest daughter mistakenly added so much vanilla extract to the cream. We were not happy about this because vanilla extract is expensive but it turns out her mistake was one of the best things that could happen. It made the cream extra vanilla-y. We call for one and a half teaspoons of vanilla extract in the recipe but feel free to go up to 2 teaspoons or even more if you have a lot of vanilla extract to spare.
- Yield: 6 servings
- Prep: 30 minutes
- Total: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 large very ripe mangoes
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 2 tablespoons cane sugar (or granulated sugar), divided
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream (240ml)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Mint leaves for garnishing, optional
Method
- Peel mangoes then cut around the pit. Reserve half of one mango for garnishing later. Chop the remaining mango and place in a food processor. Add one tablespoon of sugar and orange zest. Blend into a smooth paste.
- Place cream in a bowl. Add the vanilla extract and sugar. Whip using a hand mixer until stiff peaks form. About 3 minutes.
- Place the mango puree and the whipped cream in cups in layers. Dice the mango you reserved from step 1 and place on the cups. Garnish with mint leaves if desired. Serve immediately or chill for at least 30 minutes before serving. Best enjoyed chilled.
