Kent mango
Mangifera indica 'Kent' · Tropical fruit
Top 10 pairings
Kent is a large, late-season Florida cultivar prized as one of the great eating mangoes — rich, very sweet and dripping-juicy, with deep yellow-orange flesh that is almost entirely free of fibre. Its plump greenish-yellow skin carries a dark-red shoulder blush rather than the all-over crimson of the showier Florida types.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Firm ripeBuy itIt gives a little but still dices cleanly for salsa, salad or grilling.
SkinGround colour starting to lift
FleshYields a little under the thumb
StemShoulders full, level with stem
SmellFaint sweet resin at the stem
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What you get from one
71%
Edible part
336 g flesh · stone and skin out
473 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below about 10 °C the skin greys and it ripens unevenly. Chill only ripe fruit, and only briefly.
85-95%
Humidity
Open and uncovered
Airflow