Cardamom Flavored Cream For Fruit Food

CARDAMOM CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of heavy cream and the cardamom to a boil. Reduce until only 1/4 cup remains. Allow to cool. Reserve. Whip the remaining 1 cup of heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Stir in the reserved mixture. Chill until ready to serve.

CARDAMOM-FLAVORED CREAM FOR FRUIT

Steps:

• Bring the milk to a boil over medium or medium-low heat in a very heavy, wide pan, deep enough to let the milk rise a bit without boiling over. Stir as the milk heats. (I prefer to heat up my milk in a microwave oven and just pour it into the pan to speed up matters.) As soon as the milk starts bubbling, add the cardamom pods and stir. Adjust the heat, generally to medium low, so the milk simmers steadily without boiling over or catching at the bottom. Cook this way, stirring now and then, for about 25 minutes. Stir in any skin that forms. (It tastes very good when cold.) Add the sugar and condensed milk. Stir and cook another 10 minutes. Remove cardamom pods, cover, and cool in the refrigerator.

CARDAMOM-FLAVORED FRUIT SALAD (SALATAT AL-FAWAAKIH)

Steps:

• Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine honey, water and cardamom and bring to a boil, stirring a few times simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and cool completely.
• When sauce is cooled- toss it together with the fruit and refrigerate until it's ready to be served.
• Make sure to include some of the sauce with each serving!