Mango Smoothie

Oh, so good. Mango is the best fruit in the world. Fact. Perfect texture, one big stone that it is fairly easy to manoeuvre around and just absolutely delicious. And  Sunday smoothie is the perfect way to recover from some, ahem, excesses of a weekend.

Mangoes make good smoothies because they form a lovely thick paste when blended which goes well with many other flavours while not being overpowered.

The great thing about a smoothie is that they are incredibly easy to make, and you can really throw whatever fruit you like in it. For this, I would go with any yogurt flavoured with mango, and similar for the fruit juice. I used mango and passionfruit yogurt (a near-perfect fruit flavour combo) and mango and apple juice. But really, there's no hard and fast rule. I've also made it with apple juice only and it was DELICOUS.

Makes 2 glasses of smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 small or one large mango
• 1 banana
• 1.5 cups mango fruit juice (or mango plus some other fruit)
• 1 cup mango yogurt (or mango and another fruit, or vanilla)

Method

Begin by chopping the mango. I normally cut it in half, lengthways, then twist the two sides apart. 

I then make 4 cuts down and 4 cuts across, giving a square pattern. 

Fold the mango out and pick off the squares, placing them in the blender/food processor/smoothie-maker. 

Repeat for the other half, removing the stone first. Normally I cut around it, or just pull it out with my BARE HANDS.

Blend the mango until smooth. Add the banana and blend until incorporated and mostly smooth.

Add in the fruit juice and yogurt and give another blend for approx 30 seconds until everything is mixed well and the smoothie has a pale, creamy texture.

DRINK.