• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About Me
    • Contact
  • Recipes
    • Recipes Visual Index
    • How to Make Ice Cream without an Ice Cream Maker
    • Kitchen Cheat Sheet
    • Kitchen & Pantry Essentials
  • Services
    • Contact
  • eBook Store

A Cookie Named Desire

menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipes
  • Services
  • eBook Store
  • Store
    • Bloglovin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • Γ—

    Home - Frozen Treats

    Published: Jul 8, 2015 Β· Modified: Oct 5, 2021 by Amanda Powell Β· This post may contain affiliate links.

    Mango Mint Sorbet

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

    mango mint sorbet dessert recipe

    My mother is from a pacific island called Saipan. It is just a few moments away from Guam and a plane ride from Hawaii. She grew up with coconuts and mangoes growing all around her home and would pick them right from her own backyard to eat. To this day, she gets excited when I bring mangoes to the house, especially the kind she had in her home. My mother was also a lover of hot, hot weather. As you can imagine, she is used to temperatures averaging 90 degrees and up during the summer and can barely tolerate the snow. So during how summer days she would always celebrate with lots of mango. She’d slice up boxes of mango and we would eat them through the night watching movies. Because of this, I’ve also grown to have a special fondness for mangoes.

    mango mint sorbet

    I love how incredibly juice a nice ripe mango is. You slice on up and the juice runs down your forearm and you rush to lick the sticky, sweet juice before it reaches your elbows. Mangoes are also creamy when they are pureed and that creaminess always reminded me of an ice cream base. Making a sorbet with mango just seemed to be the most natural thing to do with the fruit this summer. This summer I am also growing four types of mint (apple mint, chocolate mint, peppermint, and spearmint), so I was excited to add some as a complementary flavor to the sorbet.

    A delicious and refreshing mango mint sorbet recipe

    For this mango mint sorbet I used a mixture of apple mint and peppermint, but you can use whatever fresh mint you find at your produce or grocery market. You can also use a pure mint extract if you are unable to get mint in your area. I promise I won’t tell! If you can, I recommend growing mint, or adding it to your herb garden. It is an advanced plant to grow from a seed, but you can find potted mint in many gardening stores and produce markets. I love using it in my water, tea (iced and hot), and it makes a great addition to savory foods as well. (May I recommend my two favorite classic pairings of lamb and mint, and smashed peas and mint?)

    Sweet and minty mango sorbet

    My sorbet took on an odd orange/green look ithen I finished churning it because of the mint-infused simple syrup. If this happens to you, don’t worry, the sorbet will take on a nice mangoy orange hue once it’s frozen. The sorbet is nice and scoopable as-is, but if you aren’t serving this to children, I highly recommend adding a splash of vodka into the mixture while it churns just to make it that much easier to scoop later on.

    Sweet and minty mango sorbet

    Mango Mint Sorbet

    Amanda Powell
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe

    Ingredients
      

    • ΒΎ cup sugar
    • 30 fresh mint leaves*
    • 1 cup water divided
    • 4 mangoes peeled and sliced
    • zest of one lemon

    Instructions
     

    • Add the sugar and mint together and light crush the mint into the sugar. I simply rubbed the sugar into the mint with my hands, but you can use a motar and pestle, or even a food processor. Honestly though, you can get good results skipping this step, but I like that extra infusion of mint into the sugar.
    • Put the sugar, mint, and half the water in a saucepan and boil until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is syrupy in texture. Allow to cool and strain out the mint.
    • Puree the mango, lemon, and remaining water together. Mix in the simple syrup. Chill the mixture until it is cold and roughly 40 degrees F. Churn according to manufacturer instructions. Pour into an air tight container and freeze until solid, about 3 – 4 hours.

    Notes

    *You can replace the fresh mint with 2 teaspoons mint extract
    Tried this recipe?Tag me on Instagram! @acookienameddesire #acookienameddesire
    Wonderfully cool mango mint sorbet

    More Frozen Treats

    • Donut Ice Cream Sandwich
    • Churro Ice Cream Sandwich
    • Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
    • How to Make a Milkshake

    About Amanda Powell

    Baker, photographer, and sometimes world traveler behind A Cookie Named Desire. Obsessed with helping people live life sweetly with delicious food to share with the special people in your life and creating lasting memories.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Joanne Bruno says

      July 10, 2015 at 9:43 pm

      I love mango also, so I'm definitely going to have to get some of this into my summer. It sounds so refreshing!

      Reply
    2. Beeta @ Mon Petit Four says

      July 09, 2015 at 12:46 pm

      I absolutely love anything with mango, and this so sorbet looks so perfect, Amanda! I love the added mint, and I can just imagine how wonderful the texture of this sorbet is. Thanks so much for sharing this great recipe! πŸ™‚

      Reply
    3. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says

      July 08, 2015 at 11:14 pm

      I have been cooking with mango nonstop this summer. I am loving it! Your sorbet looks fabulous...I need to try it!

      Reply
    4. Medha @ Whisk & Shout says

      July 08, 2015 at 12:45 pm

      This sounds so refreshing and delicious! Yum πŸ™‚

      Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Primary Sidebar

    Connect With Me!

    • Bloglovin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    headshot of author with a cow

    Hi, I'm Amanda! I am the baker and photographer behind A Cookie Named Desire. I'm a world traveler (sometimes) with a major weakness for cookies and cheese. While I'm mostly self-taught, I recently received a degree in Food Science!

    More about me β†’

    Reader Favorites

    • S'mores Cookies Recipe
    • Milano Cookies Recipe
    • Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Avocado Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
    • How to Make Salt Water Taffy
    • Jelly Donut Shot

    Winter Favorites

    • Homemade Hot Chocolate
    • Gingerbread Cake
    • 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
    • Edible Brownie Batter

    Footer

    ^ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Accessibility

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Services
    • About Me

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.