Categories: Beverages 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
      4    Ripe mangos 
    1/3 c  Curacao or other orange- 
           -flavored cordial 
      3 tb Fresh lime juice 
      3 tb Sugar 
      2    Bottles sarkling white wine, 
           -chilled 
           Lime wedges for garnish 
  
  Note - Before buying the mangoes, sniff them:  they should have a pleasant, 
  sweet aroma.  For the bubbles, choose a not-too-sweet sparkling wine, such 
  as a French cremant de Bourgogne or an Italian prosecco. For a nonalcoholic 
  cocktail, mix with ginger ale. 
   
  Hold a mango stem-end up and slice flesh away from the long flat stone in 
  long, vertical sections.  Slice the flesh from the skin. Repeat these steps 
  with the remaining mangoes.  Cut 12 thin, uniform slices for garnish and 
  set them aside.  Press the remaining mango slices through a strainer into a 
  bowl.  (You should have 1 1/2 cups mango puree.) Stir in curacao, lime 
  juice and sugar.  (The mango puree and garnish can be prepared up to 8 
  hours ahead and stored in spearate covered containers in the refrigerator). 
  Pour about 2 Tbsp. mango puree into a glass, top with sparkling wine, 
  garnish with a lime wedge and a mango slice and serve. 
   
  Entered by: Diane Pahl (1:2410/120) Recipes from: Eating Well, The Magazine 
  of Food and Health (tm) ISSN 1064-16399