Active Time

　　15 minutes

　　Total Time

　　1 hour

　　

Ingredients

Makes about 1 3/4 cups

　　4 cups chopped ripe mango, from 2 (1-pound) mangoes

　　3/4 cup sugar

　　1/2 cup water

　　2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste

　　

Step 1

Pulse mangoes in a food processor until finely chopped.

　　

Step 2

Bring mangoes, sugar, and water to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until mangoes are very soft, about 30 minutes. Stir in lime juice and strain thourough a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing gently on and then discarding solids. Cool, then chill, covered.