Mango Margherita Sauce

Mango Margherita Sauce- This fresh-ingredient sauce is perfect over pasta or on crackers as a bruschetta. A fresh twist using mangoes on this Italian classic.

My friend Deanna made an amazing Classic Italian Margherita Sauce for our family a few years back. To this day, our family loves making her Margherita sauce. I love the recipe because of all of the fresh and wholesome ingredients.

Margherita Sauce is an Italian tomato-based sauce traditionally made with tomatoes, garlic, oregano, and basil. It is a popular pizza choice and can top other dishes such as pasta, seafood, and vegetables. This classic sauce originated in Naples, Italy, where it was named after Queen Margherita of Savh

Recently, I bought some mangoes for a fruit salad and had some leftovers, so I was trying to come up with how to use them. We had some friends later in the evening, and I thought a fun-fresh appetizer would be the way to go. That is when I came up with Mango Margherita Sauce.

I obviously wouldn’t be serving this as dinner, so pasta wasn’t an option for that evening. But I knew it would go well as bruschetta. Instead of a toasted baguette as the base for the bruschetta, I used a thick cracker. We became obsessed with the sauce by combining it with Mango Margherita Sauce and freshly shaved Parmesan cheese.

The combination of basil, mangoes, and tomatoes is just perfection. The crackers were a perfect canvas for this mango salsa, but chips and toasted bread would have been just as delicious. 

This makes a great spring and summer meal.

What to serve with Mango Margherita Sauce

Grilling? Why not grill up some chicken breasts or boneless skinless thighs and top that with the Mango Margherita Sauce?

Top this Margherita sauce over fresh burrata with a toasted baguette.

Serve this sauce over pasta, and it is just insanely delicious. I serve 1-cup pasta with about 1/2-3/4  cup of sauce, then topped with freshly grated cheese.

Ingredients for Mango Margherita Sauce

Mango Margherita sauce is a bright and zesty combination of sweet and savory flavors. The recipe starts with fresh tomatoes, mangoes, and fresh herbs like basil and parsley. A pinch of sea salt helps to bring out all the flavor.

• Plum tomatoes
• Mangoes
• Olive oil
• Fresh basil & parsley
• Salt & pepper
• Garlic

How to make Mango Margherita Sauce

Blanch the tomatoes by boiling a large pot of water. Cut an X through the skin of each tomato, either on the bottom or the side.

Once the water is boiling, add the tomatoes and let them cook for 1-2 minutes or until the skin looks like it is peeling off. Remove from water with a slotted spoon and let them cool. Once cooled, remove the skin, and dice and place them in a large mixing bowl.

Add the rest of the ingredients and let it sit at room temperature for 1-2 hours, allowing the mangoes and tomatoes to absorb all the flavors.

Serve with pasta, on crackers, or eat straight from the bowl with fresh cheese, like Burrata. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

How do you store mango sauce?

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator; when stored correctly, it will last 4-7 days.

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