Mangue, cubes lyophilisée 150g

This mango comes from Vietnam and G. Detou packs it in a 150 g bag. The fruit is cut into small cubes before being freeze-dried: the result is golden yellow dice, very light, that keep the sweet, fragrant taste of mango. The label states 100% mango, with no other ingredient.

The cube format saves time: no skin, no stone, and a size already suited to inclusions. Scatter them through a loaf cake or muffin batter, shortbread dough or a Swiss roll sponge; on a white or milk chocolate bar, set them just before the chocolate hardens. At breakfast, a handful is enough to flavour a bowl of Greek yoghurt. In savoury cooking, the mango lifts a rice salad with chicken and coriander, a quinoa tabbouleh or a ceviche, where its sweetness answers the lime; add it when serving to keep the crunch. Blitzed, the cubes give a yellow powder that colours and flavours sugar, icing or a cream.

Once the bag is open, reseal it and keep it dry: left in the air, the cubes turn soft and sticky. Use before the date shown on the label. You will also find them on the shelves of the G. Detou shop, 58 rue Tiquetonne, Paris.