Barbecued Mango Cheeks Recipes

GRILLED MANGO WITH LIME, SALT AND ANCHO POWDER

Steps:

• Heat the grill to medium for direct grilling. Slice the mangoes in 2 pieces from the pit. Score the flesh of the mangoes in a diamond pattern, taking care not to cut into the skin. Pop the flesh by holding the skin side and pushing up. Brush the flesh with the oil and grill, cut-side down, until slightly charred, about 1 minute.
• Transfer the mangoes to a platter and immediately drizzle with the lime juice and sprinkle with the salt, chile powder and lime zest. Garnish with cilantro leaves if desired.

SUGARED LIME AND MANGO CHEEKS

Steps:

• Slice the cheeks from the two mangos. To do this you cut from top to bottom of the mango, feeling for the seed and slicing around it. Remove the cheeks as close to the seed as possible. Leave the skin on.
• Lay the mango cheeks, skin side down onto a large plate.
• Drizzle over the lime juice, graed lime rind and then sprinkle over the brown sugar.
• Cook on a grill, flesh side down, until lightly browned.

GRILLED MANGO

Steps:

• Standing mango upright, cut two lengthwise slices, each about 1/2 inch thick, from a broad side of mango pit. Cut remaining broad side and remaining mangoes in same manner. (There should be a total of 12 slices, 6 of them end pieces.) Discard pits and reserve any remaining mango for another use.
• Prepare grill.
• Working with end pieces only, score flesh in a cross-hatch pattern, being careful not to cut through skin, and grill, cut side down, on a well-oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until golden brown, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, mango may be grilled in a hot well-seasoned ridged grill pan over moderately high heat in same manner.) Transfer mango as grilled to a platter. When end pieces of mango are cool enough to handle, push from skin side to turn inside out. Grill remaining mango slices about 2 minutes on each side.

BARBECUED MANGO CHEEKS

Steps:

• Preheat a barbecue plate on medium-high heat. Score 3 vertical lines and 3 horizontal lines into each mango cheek (don't cut all the way through). Brush cheeks generously with rum.
• Place sugar on a plate. Dip cut side of mango cheeks into sugar to form a thick coating.
• Place a sheet of non-stick aluminum foil (not the regular kind) on the hot barbecue plate. Place mango cheeks, sugar side down, on baking paper. Barbecue mango for 4 to 5 minutes or until golden.
• Turn mango skin inside out. Place on plates. Drizzle with caramel from foil. Serve with ice-cream and lime wedges.