Egg and Mango Chutney Flat Bread
Michelle Phetlhe | Tuesday March 29, 2022 06:00
Brunch is a category of meal that is usually eaten between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. substituting both meals, and it often consists of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch.
The meal is occasionally accompanied by some form of alcoholic beverage as an accompaniment.
Commonly paired with brunch are champagne or mimosas which are champagne with orange juice, or in some regions cocktails are served. The word brunch is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch.
Contrary to the age old adage, some of the best meals actually come together better when there are a few hands in the pot. So it is not always that too many cooks spoil the broth, but rather; too many cooks with no direction. After an amazing PJ’s and Pizza slumber party, we woke up, freshened up and each girlfriend took care of one element for brunch, coming up with the menu as we went along and adding a personal twist to each dish, while asking the rest of the group what they would like. This was very important when it came to the eggs as they are one of the most personal breakfast foods with a whole lot of variations; Spanish omelette, fried eggs, sunny side up and scrambled to name a few.
I made soft boiled eggs, in my attempt to interpret the Jamie Oliver flat bread breakfast that I saw on telly last week and couldn’t wait to try. I had all the ingredients for it, including 2 ripe mangos which I made homemade jam with. Never let any fruit got off in the home. There are several ways of re-using and making sure they don’t go to waste.
Options I am more familiar with are baking like the banana bread I made last week or turning them into a jam or part of a dessert. In February I went out for breakfast with my sisters and breakfast was served with a mango jam, I had never tasted this flavour jam and I absolutely lapped it up. It wasn’t until I saw the Jamie Oliver breakfast that I knew I wanted to make mango jam myself. My motivation was probably the flat bread because I love making Nutriday 2i dough. I went into the fridge and used the 2 mangos that had been sitting for a while. It felt good to save and repurpose them into something I had never done before. A challenge in the kitchen is always welcome.
You can make jam with pretty much any fruit, but some fruits need more help than others to set. Sugar definitely plays its part in helping the jam set, but the other part is pectin. You can add it in the process, but personally I usually rely on naturally-occurring pectin.
Mango is relatively low in pectin so needs a little help. Thankfully, mango also pairs well with citrus which is a great way to increase the pectin level. You could use other citrus, but I think lime goes particularly well and so I have used some lime juice and zest in this.
This is pretty quick and easy to make, but a few tips: Choose mangoes that are ripe but not overly ripe, and ideally a variety that has less stringiness. If the mangoes are stringy, try to remove the larger strings. Ideally, you don’t want any stringiness at all, so you may want to blend and strain the jam after making.
Cut the mango into a small cube pieces as despite what you might think, the fruit doesn’t break down all that much as it cooks. As with any jam, the answer is partly down to the ingredients and partly how you keep it.
Sugar acts as a preservative, as well as adding to the flavour, so lower jams generally don’t keep as well as more traditional jams with higher sugar.
This mango jam is a delicious change from your more typical jam flavours - sweet, bright and tropical. While it works wonderfully with bread, I can also see it being great as a glaze for meat. However you use it, you'll be sure to enjoy this easy spread
INGREDIENTS
2 cups diced mango around 1 ½ - 2 mangoes,
½ cup sugar 100g
1 tablespoon lime juice
½ lime zest ie from
½ lime
INSTRUCTIONS
Dice the mango relatively small and put in a small saucepan with the other ingredients. Stir, bring to a boil and allow to simmer around 20-30 minutes until it thickens.