Earlier this week we received the most exciting of presents.
What might look like a fairly inconspicuous box actually holds one of the finest
pleasures in life; the alphonso mango. These mangos grow primarily in India, and
have an extremely limited season of only 2 months from March till May, which makes them all the more special. They are smaller in size than your typical
mango, but certainly not lacking flavour.
During the mango season, our Dad makes a weekly pilgrimage to the wholesale market to buy these little gems, which is conveniently only open before dawn- an endevavour only for the true alphonso addicts!
When perfectly ripe, these fruits are deliciously sweet, soft and juicy, to the point where we grew up being instructed to only eat them in the bath- it is incredibly hard to avoid getting covered in their sticky juice!
Supposedly, the sign of a perfectly ripe mango is the visible 'cellulite' on its skin.
These fuit are good enough to eat on their own, in fact, they rarely stick around long enough for you to get more creative!
Alternatively, my favorite way to eat them is chopped over a bowl of greek yoghurt- what a perfect breakfast!
Until next year, Alphonsos!
Love Fiona xxx
