Best Tropical Lime Torte With Mango Compote Recipes

Tropical Fruit Compote with Mango Sorbet image

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup water
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored, cut into 3/4-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
3 kiwis, peeled, halved crosswise, each half quartered
1 mango, peeled, pitted, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
1 1/2 pints mango sorbet

Steps:

Combine 3/4 cup water, wine and sugar in small saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Chill syrup until cold.
Combine pineapple, kiwis, mango, lime juice, lime peel and chilled syrup in large bowl. Mix well. Cover fruit mixture and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
Scoop 1/2 cup mango sorbet into each of 6 compote dishes or wineglasses. Spoon fruit mixture around sorbet.

Tropical Fruit Fantasy image

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 cups finely ground gingersnap cookies (about 13 1/2 ounces)
1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
2 pints mango sorbet, slightly softened
1 pint lime sorbet, slightly softened
1/2 small pineapple, peeled, cored, chopped
1 small papaya, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 small mango, peeled, pitted, chopped
2 1/2-pint baskets blueberries
Shredded sweetened coconut, toasted

Steps:

Combine gingersnap cookie crumbs, brown sugar, and ginger in large bowl. Stir in melted butter. Press over bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter spring form pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes.
Spread mango sorbet in crust; freeze until firm, until 20 minutes. Spread lime sorbet over mango sorbet. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.(Can be prepared one day ahead. Cover and keep frozen.)
Mix fruit in medium bowl. Remove pan sides from dessert. Place dessert on platter. Spoon fruit atop lime sorbet. Sprinkle with coconut and serve.

Tropical Lime Torte with Mango Compote image

Yield Makes 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

Torte
4 large eggs
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon grated lime peel
1/2 cup dark rum
1 16-ounce frozen all-butter pound cake, thawed
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
Compote
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon grated lime peel
4 large ripe mangoes (5 to 6 pounds), peeled, pitted, diced
Lime slices

Steps:

For torte:
Whisk eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, lime juice and lime peel in heavy medium saucepan to blend. Whisk over medium-high heat until mixture thickens and just comes to boil, about 6 minutes. Transfer lime curd to small bowl; press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Chill until very cold, at least 3 hours and up to 3 days.
Line 9 1/4x51/4x23/4-inch loaf pan with 2 layers of plastic wrap, leaving long overhang. Stir rum and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in small bowl until sugar dissolves. Trim brown layer from outside of cake. Cut cake horizontally into 3 equal layers. Beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy; gently fold in cold lime curd.
Trim bottom cake layer to fit pan bottom; reserve cake trimmings. Brush layer on both sides with 1/3 of rum syrup. Place in pan; spread 1 1/2 cups lime curd mixture over top. Brush second cake layer on both sides with 1/3 of rum syrup. Place in pan; spread remaining lime curd mixture over top. Brush third cake layer on both sides with remaining rum syrup. Place on lime curd mixture; press to adhere. Press reserved cake trimmings around sides. Cover torte with plastic overhang. Refrigerate torte at least 1 and up to 2 days.
For compote:
Stir first 4 ingredients in large bowl until sugar dissolves. Mix in mangoes.
Cover; chill up to 1 day.
Using plastic as aid, lift torte out of pan and unwrap. Cut crosswise into 12 slices. Arrange slices on plates. Top with compote. Garnish with lime slices.