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      Title: Mangoes With Orange-Blossom Syrup And Sweet Labneh
 Categories: Middle-, Eastern
      Yield: 3 Servings
 
      3    Just ripe mangoes
           Pistachios; finely chopped
           -or knibbed; for serving

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  1 1/2 tb Icing sugar
      1 pn Ground cinnamon
 10 1/2 oz Greek yoghurt (300 g)

MMMMM-----------------------FOR THE SYRUP----------------------------
      6 tb Orange blossom honey (90
           -ml)
      3 tb Orange juice (45 ml)
      1 ds Lime juice
  1 1/2 tb Orange flower water
 
  Add the sugar and cinnamon to the yoghurt, put into a sieve lined with
  cheesecloth and set it over a bowl. Let the yoghurt drain for 24
  hours, giving it a little help every so often by picking up the bag
  and squeezing it.
  
  To make the syrup, gently heat the honey, orange and lime juices
  together in a small saucepan. Once the honey has melted, boil for 1
  minute. Add the orange flower water and taste. Leave to cool.
  
  Peel the mangoes and, using a really sharp knife, neatly slice the
  cheeks from each side of the stone. Working along the shape of the
  stone, slice the flesh off the sides. Cut the mango flesh into neat
  slices, about 3 to 5 mm thick, and pile them on top of each other on
  different plates.
  
  Peel the cheesecloth from around the labneh, then divide it into
  quarters. It isn't important, but the cheesecloth leaves such
  beautiful markings on the labneh that it's nice not to spoil it. Put
  a chunk of labneh beside each pile of mangoes, spoon the syrup over
  the top, and scatter with pistachios.
  
  Recipe by Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons by Diana Henry, 2002
 
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