"David Ortiz's" Spicy Mango Salsa

[ickabod147]

So David Ortiz is a baseball player here in Boston. And as a well known person in the area he gets endorsement deals for local products. One of which is Comcast the local cable/broadband/sometimes phone provider. So they show him hippin' and hoppin', playing video games, watching TV, etc. But one of the things they also show is "I found a great recipe for mango salsa. then he tries it and goes "Ooohhh Mama!" waving his hand to brush away the heat.

Any hoo, I tried looking this up on the internet. Could not find David Ortiz's specific recipe, but I found something that could, in theory produce "Oooohhhh Mama!" like effects. I made it and suffice to say it did not make me go "Ooohhh Mama!". I was somewhat disappointed, but not undaunted. Fast forward to yesterday. I'm doing cooking and prep work for the BBQ i'm attending at Julia's today (Sorry, Unit04. Thanks for the invite though). I decided to take another shot at making Mango Salsa.

The recipe was this:

2.5 mangoes, sliced and chopped
.5 mangoes pureed in food processor.
1 small shallot
1 jalepeno pepper
1 habenero pepper
1 lime
1/2 c. to 3/4 c. cilantro
salt and pepper to taste

Cut up the mangoes and dice them into nice sized chunks, but not to huge. Take half of a mangoes worth of slices and blend in a food processor. Add mango puree to mango chunks. Throw in Shallot, jalepeno, habenero, cilantro and lime juice to food processor and blend to a fine consistency. (If you don't have a food processor, chop ingredients as fine as you can and mash with a potatoe masher) Mix in the pepper/cilantro/lime juice mixture to mangos and stir thoroughly. Add salt and pepper as needed.

This batch really did produce the "ooohhh mama!" results. A bit TOO well. The Ickabetty's mouth was on fire. My mouth was really hot until I drank some milk. So i'm going to cool it down with another 2 mangoes sliced and chopped. Next time I'll also use only 1/2 a habenero pepper.

CEO and Jul, you have been warned.

[ickabod147]

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[NYYankee]

David Ortiz

For those of you who might not be aware, this is what you will look like after a lifetime of eating that salad. At 6'4" and 17 stone, David needs his protein.

[julia]

It was fucking hot. Next time, maybe leave out the habanero and double up the jalapenos.

The ribs and steak tips were terrific, though.

[ickabod147]

Was mark jealous of my steak tips?

[RazzaMataz]

What are steak tips? Or is this a foul euphemism?

[ickabod147]

The better steak tips are very tender, marbelized piece of sirloin cut in to strips which are further cut into bite sized pieces. Very good especially on the grill.

[Unit04]

Originally Posted by ickabod147

(Sorry, Unit04. Thanks for the invite though).

Bastard.

[CEO]

That salsa was yum. But I needed a glass of milk.