History
Shaved ice is called baobing in Taiwan, and its snowflake variation, xuehua bing, is made from milk instead of water. Irwin mangoes are in season from about May to August. Smoothie House says on its own site that it is the founding Yongkang Street mango snowflake ice shop and an internationally known mango snowflake ice brand, using purified water ice blocks and seasonal Taiwanese fruit.
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Common allergens: Milk
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 1 litre milk, sweetened with 100g caster sugar, frozen in shallow trays overnight
- 3 ripe Taiwanese Irwin mangoes (or Alphonso), peeled and diced
- 100g caster sugar
- 30ml fresh lime juice
- 200ml mango sorbet or mango ice cream
- 60ml sweetened condensed milk, to drizzle
Method
- Make mango syrup: blend half the mango with sugar and lime juice until smooth.
- Shave the frozen sweetened milk on a snowflake-ice machine (or use the small-blade attachment of a food processor) into a mound.
- Spoon mango syrup over the shaved ice mound.
- Top with the remaining diced fresh mango, a scoop of mango sorbet and a drizzle of condensed milk.
- Serve immediately with long spoons.
Tip from the editors. Snowflake-ice machines are sold cheaply online; the result is closer to sorbet than crushed ice. Taiwanese Irwin mangoes have a perfumed honey note other types can't match.
Where to eat mango shaved ice
Mango shaved ice in Taipei
Smoothie House ★ 4.3
Smoothie House is a shaved ice and smoothie shop at No. 15, Yongkang Street in Da'an District, Taipei City 106, open daily from 11:00 to 21:00.
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