It’s Mango Season here in Belize, so we plucked some of these delicious fruits from our grounds and came up with this new cocktail to enjoy with your summer rendezvous!

Manila Mango Infused Vodka Cocktail

Ingredients

1 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1 Oz. Elderflower Liqueur
1 ½-2 Oz. Manila Mango Infused Vodka
1 Bar Spoon Sugar (Or 1 Oz. Triple Sec Liqueur)

Preparation

Add ice and liquids into Cocktail Shaker, shake and strain into Martini Glass.

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Meanwhile, enjoy one of our fave popsicles:

Coconut Mango Popsicle

Ingredients

2 Cups Water

1 ¼ Cups Mile – Whole

½ Teaspoon Kosher Salt

2 Large Mangos – Ripened

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 15-Oz. Can Coconut Milk – Shaken

1 Vanilla (Bean) – Halved Lengthwise

1 14-Oz. Can Condensed Milk – Sweetened

1 Cup Arborio or Grain (Short) Rice – White

Preparation

Whisk coconut and whole milks in saucepan. Scrape and stir bean seeds into milk. Stir rice into milk and simmer – medium. Lower heat and cook for 25 minutes, until tender. Whisk condensed milk, salt, vanilla and water into mixture. Peel mangoes; dice into ½-inch cubes and fold into mixture. Transfer into ice-pop molds, insert sticks and freeze 3-4 hours.

1.) Choco Banana

2.) Hazelnut Caramel

3.) Sweet/Sugar Corn

4.) Dark Chocolate And Ginger

5.) Mango And Cilantro (Seasonal)

6.) Classic Vanilla, Lemon And Mint

7.) Soursop [Guanabana (Seasonal)]

8.) Mammy Apple [Sapote (Seasonal)]

9.) Custard Apple [Annona (Seasonal)]

10.) Craboo [Nance Cherries (Seasonal)]

Soursop (Guanabana)

Green, prickly skin with soft, fleshy white interior and lots of black seeds. Perfect when scooped out of the skin, served cold with milk and sugar; not overly sweet, but has a distinct flavor.

Custard Apple (Annona)

Size and shape is like an over-sided apple. Skin is a mottled pinkish-red and the actual fruit is whitish-pink with small seeds; sweet, distinct flavor.

Craboo (Nance Cherry)

Small, bright yellow, berry-like fruit with a hard seed inside; sweet when ripe.

Mammy Apple (Sapote)

Hard, brown outer shell while interior is burnt-orange, smooth and sweet; has a large black seed.