Recipe: Mango Swiss Meringue Buttercream

This was a request from a friend for mango buttercream on her cake.

Mango Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
7 egg whites
2 cups (400g) sugar
2 cups (500g) butter
1/2 tsp salt
400g mango (fresh or frozen, pureed)
optional: yellow and orange food coloring
optional: 1 tsp citric acid, 1 tsp orange zest

First of all, we need to reduce the mango. I am using frozen, since I am making this recipe in winter. So, before I do anything else, I need to thaw the mango. I did it in the microwave.
Then, I pureed it until nice and smooth. About the consistency of a smoothie.

Then, put the mango in a pan and allow it to simmer to reduce the amount of water. Because I am going to add this to buttercream, if it has too high of a water content, it will not combine well.
Reduce to about two-thirds of the volume. Sometimes also, with frozen fruit, it may not have been harvested at peak ripeness, so if the flavor isn't very strong, add a bit of citric acid and orange zest to keep the sour/citris flavor of mango. Unless, of course, you have mango flavoring, in which case that would be preferable.
But the consistency should be slightly thicker than a smoothie.

Then, allow the mango to stand until it reaches room temperature. 

In the meantime, make the Swiss meringue buttercream. Combine egg whites and sugar with a whisk.

Heat over a double boiler until the mixture becomes thinner and frothy and the sugar is no longer visible on the side of the bowl.

Beat with a mixer until white and glossy and gorgeous. The bowl should be room temperature and the meringue should hold its shape relatively well.
Slowly add the room temperature butter, beating between each addition.

Beat buttercream mixture until it comes to buttercream consistency.
Beat in the room temperature mango puree. I know I'm emphasizing the temperature a lot, but temperature changes can ruin your buttercream. It's very important that everything be room temperature before being added to the main mixture.
Now, the food coloring is also completely optional, but in my experience, people won't think it's mango flavored unless it looks like its mango flavored. So, I do recommend a bit of yellow and a bit of orange food coloring.
But this buttercream is lovely and smooth and has a lovely mango flavor.


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