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Mango Chilli Cooler

Sweet, hot and salty at once. The most interesting thing you can make from a frozen bag of mango.

Prep
5 min
Serves
1
Glass
Highball
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 1 cup frozen mango chunks
  • 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
  • 0.5 oz simple syrup
  • 3 oz cold water
  • Pinch of chilli powder, plus more for the rim
  • Pinch of salt
  • Tajín or chilli-salt, for the rim

Method

  1. 1Rim a highball glass with lime and chilli-salt.
  2. 2Blend the mango, lime juice, syrup, water, chilli and salt until smooth.
  3. 3Pour into the prepared glass.
  4. 4Dust the top with a little more chilli powder.

Notes

  • Frozen mango means no ice is needed, so nothing gets watered down.
  • The salt-chilli-lime combination on the rim is the point — don't skip it.
  • Thin with more water if it's too thick to drink through a straw.

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