Hey Emily~ Here you go! I a made the simple syrup yesterday and refrigerated it. Added the other ingredients to it in the measuring cup, I chilled it in..peeled and chopped the frozen mango (still frozen) threw the chopped mango and poured over the other ingredients into my MINI processor and yummmm... Sol's Mango Sorbet Mango Sorbet 2 mangos, peeled and roughly cut into chunks ½ cup granulated sugar 1 cup water 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice pinch of salt Make a simple syrup by combining 1 cup water with the ½ cup of sugar in a pan. Bring to a boil, and cook until sugar completely dissolves. Cool slightly. Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Chill mixture thoroughly. Then, freeze in ice cream maker, according to manufacturer's instructions.

I like mango sorbet as the best use of mangoes. I had a mango tree when I lived in Venice (Ca), but I never got huge quantities of mangoes, although the ones I did get were very good. I always got good mangoes in Texas, and the ones I get here are also pretty good. To make a mango sorbet, all you have to do is cut the frozen mango into cubes, add some sweetener (such as a simple syrup or an artificial sweetener such as Splenda), and process it in a blender. You can add yogurt to that to make a quick frozen yogurt as well, but when adding yogurt, you need to add a bit more sweetener. Actually, you can use some of your jam as a sweetener instead of syrup or Splenda.

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents worth of info, since this is a very interesting topic,...mainly due to my love of mango's,..have been growing the trees for 21 years now,..started in the Upper keys ( Islamorada ), and wound up here in Englewood planting various types since 2004. Wherever I live I have had a minimum of 2 mango trees in my backyard. Have tried at least 10 different varieties, won't go into the ones I didn't care for, just the 3 that I've fallen in love with and rate them at the top. No 1 is Kent, a large red mango that ripens in late July where i am now ( zone 10a in SW Fla ) The taste is fantastic IMHO ! My tree now is only in the ground one year, still has 7 red beauties still hanging on,..none have fallen into the grass yet ! Eventually this will be a huge tree, topping out anywhere from 45' to 55 ',..so the experts tell me. The fruit flies, which have attacked this tree mostly, have not shown up this year, but i still hung 2 apple-cider-vinegar jugs just to be safe,..trapped less than 20 it looks like. No 2 and No 3 are tied for second,..both fantastic producers, my Glenn is now in the ground for 10 yrs and is about 22- 24 FT tall and won't go much higher,..maybe 27 ' max. The last yellow/red fruit dropped 2 days ago, and I beat the critters to it because I was out there at 06:15 AM. i think the critters here are a bit lazy this yr for some reason ! :o) It only had about 150 fruits this yr, - that's because I gave it a heavy pruning last Sept. The year before, that tree had easily 250 + mango's. My last favorite tree, tied for # 2, is the Valencia Pride. easily the fastest growing tree of any I have planted. And it'll be the largest tree of all,..topping out around 60 ',..so I've been told ! The fruits are humongous,..and delicious,..again IMHO ! It ripens the latest, usually late Aug /early Sept. Had to cut mine down this year, but don't want to put a sad tone to this post. Getting older, not younger,...2 huge fruit trees will keep me on my toes for 6 months,..all the exercise I want now ! My friends and neighbors here call me " Mango Man " !The fruits I didn't give away are in my free standing freezer which is full to the top with frozen mango slices that will last me ( I only put 'em on my cereal in AM ) thru January !

Thanks for the reply. Here is the relevant information that I received today from a generalist plant expert : "...advantage in removing the dead leaves no later than the point in time when the plant starts pushing new growth; reason: the leaves being removed will increase the amount of light striking the middle of the tree, which increases the probability of back-budding. The increased air movement afforded by removal of the dead leaves increases the rate of respiration, which in turn increases the speed of the nutrient stream.... increased growth rate results. The dead leaves in no way represent a direct drain on the plant's energy reserves, but as noted can have a negative influence nonetheless.