Mango ice cream cake

A refreshing tea-time treat you can prepare in a jiffy.

Ingredients (serves 4):
1 box Sara Lee All Butter All Purpose Pound Cake
1 tub Dreyer's Toasted Almond ice cream
2 mangoes, skinned and sliced
2 tbsp orange marmalade
2 tbsp hot water

Method:
1. Cut out the base from the pound cake block with a cookie cutter.
2. Leave the cookie cutter intact and add the ice cream till it's just under the brim.
3. Add the mangoes, then remove the cookie cutter carefully to retain the shape of the cake.
4. To make the glaze, mix the orange marmalade and hot water in a small bowl until it is slightly diluted. Then brush on the top of the mango.
5. Leave in the freezer for at least 6 hours.

Tips:
For a stronger mango flavour, add pureed mango to the ice cream.

Recipe source: Simply Her magazine (Mar 2008)

Ultimate turkey cheese sandwich

Cheese - Part 3.

A refreshing change from the usual ham and cheese combo.

Ingredients (makes 1):
1/2 tsp unsalted butter
1/2 tsp olive oil
3 slices bread
3 tbsp mango yogurt
1 small mango, sliced
2 slices smoked turkey
2 slices cheddar cheese
1 medium tomato, sliced

Method:
1. In a frying pan, place the butter and oil and grilled the bread for 5 minutes on each side.
2. Spread the mango yogurt on one slice of bread, add the mango slices, followed by the smoked turkey and tomatoes.
3. Place the second slice of bread on the tomatoes.
4. Place the cheddar cheese on the third slice and grill in toaster oven until the cheese melts. Flip over and place on top of the sandwich.

Tips:
A bed of green and red coral lettuce goes perfectly with this sandwich.

Recipe source: Simply Her magazine (Oct 2007)

Mango daiquiri

Ingredients (serves 4):
4 fresh mangoes
1/8 cup lime juice
2 1/2 cup crushed ice
Sugar syrup to taste
1/2 cup rum
1/2 cup cointreau
Starfruit or dragonfruit (for decoration)

Method:
1. Peel the mangoes and remove the seeds.
2. Put the flesh in a blender with lime juice, crushed ice and a little sugar syrup. Blend until smooth.
3. Add rum and cointreau to the fruit cocktail and blend again.
4. Pour into glasses. Decorate glasses with slices of starfruit or dragonfruit.

Tips:
You can experiment with fruits like kiwi, watermelon and papaya.

Recipe source: Simply Her magazine (Dec 2006)