Coffee and cardamome cream
Posted on March 21st, 2008 | Rating:
| Category: Sweets & Desserts
Preparation : 30 min (the day before) Cooking : 10 min Ingredients (for 4 people):
- 1 3/4 cup of crème fraîche or condensed milk
- 1/2 + cups of brown sugar
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup of strong coffee
- 2 tbsp of instant coffee
- 5 green cardamom pods
- 1 teasp of cardamom in powder
Directions:
Choose a large bowl which fits in the bain-marie, place this bowl in boiling water.
Open the pods of cardamom and leave the seeds in them.
Pour in the bowl the cream and the coffees (liquid and powder), the beaten egg yolks, the brown sugar, cardamom seeds and powder.
Mix the mixture slightly and place the bowl in a hot bain-marie.
Cook in the bain-marie and stir it with a wooden spoon until a ribbon forms from the mixture on the spoon.
Divide it into individual ramekins.
Put it in the fridge for 12 hours.