Mango-Manchego Basil Salad recipe is a simple combination of a few ingredients that combine to create a ton of delicious flavor into a beautiful plate.
Mango-Manchego! It sounds like a Spanish dance, doesn’t it? I love it.
That’s really what this salad is. Well, I suppose it’s more of a worldly dance — a dance with a few wonderful flavors from different areas of the world. Mangoes from the tropics, Manchego from Spain, and basil with origins in India.
This is a super simple recipe that can be put together in just minutes. The variety of flavors and textures of the three main ingredients is over the top delicious! It’s fresh, sweet and spicy — all at once!
You can arrange the ingredients artfully, or just throw them together in a bowl. Your call. 🙂
While you can probably find mangoes year round, they’re far superior during the summer months.
Like many summer fruits, I can’t seem to get enough of them. I guess that’s part of what makes them so special each time they come back around.
You can check out tons of mango varieties and their availability here.
So let’s have fun with mangoes this weekend and do the Mango-Manchego, shall we?
And here are a handful more delicious mango recipes to tempt you . . .
- Mango Salsa
- Mango Avocado Pesto Stack
- Coconut Mango Baked Chicken
- Lime Granita-Mango Salsa Bites
- Seared Ahi Tuna Mango-Avocado Appetizer
- Sweet and Spicy Tomato-Mango, Goat Cheese Appetizer
- Spiced Pork and Mango Chimichurri Lettuce Wraps Recipe
- Smoky Chipotle Mango Quesadilla Recipe
Mango-Manchego Basil Salad recipe is a simple combination of a few fresh ingredients that pack a lot of delicious flavor, and create a beautiful plate.
- 1/4 teaspoon Spanish paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon sugar
- pinch sea salt
- a few turns freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sherry vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large firm but ripe mango, sliced thinly (Click here for How to Cut a Mango)
- about 1 1/2 dozen large basil leaves, washed and dried
- 2 ounces Manchego cheese, shaved
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In a very small dish, combine the paprika, sugar, salt, pepper and vinegar. Gradually whisk in the oil and set this aside.
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Arrange the mango, basil and Manchego on one or two serving plates. Then drizzle with the dressing. (For a more casual, quicker prep time, you can also mix everything together in a serving bowl.)
Mango-Manchango. It rolls off the tongue so easily! Manchego is such a beautiful, salty cheese. It’s hard not to eat it straight from the block with a cheese slicer. Great salad pairing!
Thanks so much! 🙂
What a lovely recipe…Ready to try it out.
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 🙂
Thank you Maria!
We most often have a salad with protein for dinner. This tasty option is just what we crave, seasonal and bursting with irresistible flavor.
So happy we can still get good mangoes. Enjoy and thank you! 🙂
What a gorgeous way to bid farewell to Summer.
Our sweet basil plants are starting to go to seed. I’d better grab some leaves quick!
Yes, grab your basil! My mom used to make big batches of pesto as the plants were beginning to seed. She’d freeze it and eat it all year. 🙂
I love manchego – and this looks like the perfect way to enjoy it. So creative!
Thanks so much, Allison!
Very tropical and perfect for summer! I bet the flavors just burst out.
They do! Thanks Sandi. 🙂
Machego and Mango are such a perfect combination!!
Agreed. 🙂 Thanks, Tisha!
This salad look so refreshing and is the perfect way to end the summer! I love Mango!
Thank you!
I really like the sound of it – a simple combinaton of a few ingredients and a ton of delicious flavor. This means less work, more indulgence 🙂 The salad looks amazing and is one of my favorites!
Thank you, Helena. Yes, less work and more indulgence. Love that!
Until reading your post today, my favorite mango salad was simply slices of mango and avocado with lime juice. I think that just change… This sounds fantastic, Valentina.
Well now I’m going to have to have it your way. I do love lime with those two fruits. Delicious. 🙂
This is the 2nd time in as many days that manchego has come up in conversation. One of my buddies was saying that he used manchego in a stuffed pork loin. That sounds delicious, doesn’t it? Clearly the universe is telling me to go buy some manchego…this side salad sounds delicious, and I love the use of fresh mangoes here!
Love the way you garnish the salad, it obivously makes the dish more attractive <3
– Natalie
Thank you Natalie! I love the fresh green leaves. 🙂