Next time you’re in San Antonio, stop by the Menger Hotel’s Colonial Dining room and have a dish of mango ice cream. The dessert has been on the menu there for over a hundred years. It has been enjoyed by several US Presidents including Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Clinton. There is an autographed photo of Clinton in the old Menger lobby eating a parfait glass full of the tropical treat.
The Menger boasted the best fine dining restaurant in the state from the time the hotel opened in 1859. The early chefs were German and Croatian and their specialties were European pastries and wild game. The deer, wild turkeys and quail were hung from the cottonwood trees in the hotel’s courtyard in the days before refrigeration.
Is it possible to order your mango ice cream to be shipped to Florida? Is your knowledge of making your mango ice cream available to the public? Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Rob & Linda Mixon
Just use any vanilla ice cream recipe and add 1 cup of pureed mango for each quart of ice cream. 4 quart ice cream recipe: 4 cups mango. I’ve made it several times and it’s always a hit. BTW, the ratio works for any fruit, although some fruit purees may need to be presweetened, just taste the puree before you add it to the ice cream mix and sweeten to taste.