With Australia Day just around the corner, we this mango recipe would be a perfect feast to help you celebrate. After all, it's impossible to name a more iconically Australian fruit than our beloved mangoes.
Australia Day also conveniently falls midway through the 200 day mango season and the celebration is likely to tip the scales making 2018/19's summer the second-biggest on record for mangoes.
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 x fresh Australian mangoes
8 x lamb cutlets
Vegetable oil
Salt & pepper for seasoning
Dressing:
1 x long red chili, finely sliced
1 cup coriander leaves
Juice from 1 lime
Brown sugar
Method
Start by making a mango hedgehog but without turning mango cheeks inside out.
Heat and lightly oil the BBQ hotplate, add the lamb (seasoned with salt and pepper) and mango cheeks making sure the mango is flesh side down. Cook lamb to your liking and the mango until it is caramelized.
For the dressing, combine chili, coriander, lime juice and stir in sugar to taste.
To serve turn mango cheeks inside out and place on a large platter with cooked lamb, drizzle with dressing and serve.
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