Serves4
- Active time:15 min
- Start to finish:45 min
April 1999
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a
2-inch piece fresh gingerroot
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1
cup
water
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1/3
cup
sugar
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1/3
cup
packed fresh mint leaves
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1
firm-ripe mango (about 1 pound)
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Garnish:
fresh mint sprigs
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Thinly slice gingerroot and in a saucepan bring to a boil with water and sugar. Simmer mixture 5 minutes and remove pan from heat. Stir in mint and let steep 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a sieve into a bowl and cool completely.
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Peel mango and thinly slice. Stir mango into syrup. Chill mixture 30 minutes.
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Garnish mango with mint.
Each serving about 119 calories and less than 1 gram fat.
