Cooking question, cardamom

8 years ago

So I am making this dessert for cooking club; it is soup night and I think of this as almost dessert soup.

I mistakenly bought ground cardamom instead of pods; no idea how to convert steeping of x number pods into "throw in y tsp of powder". Thoughts?

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017447-ile-flottante-with-fresh-cherries

The recipe wants me to steep 6 lightly crushed pods in 1.5 c half and half for 10-15 min.

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cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

google is your friend :)

Hope this helps.

The cardamom pods contain tiny, spicy sweet seeds that you need to remove from the pods and crush before using in a recipe. In place of 5 cardamom pods (with the seeds removed and crushed), you can use 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom. See our Spice Guidefor more information and tips on cooking with spices.Aug 10, 2012

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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
8 years ago
I was just wondering if steeping the pods and then removing them might make that ratio different? Of course maybe you never leave the crushed pods in? IDK
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User
8 years ago
I use five cardamon pods in rice pudding and they're steeped in 1 3/4 cups of hot milk. It's a very subtle flavor so 1/4 teaspoon of ground sounds right.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you both!
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
8 years ago
Oh, and we made floating islands in cooking class in elementary school! Your picture is much prettier than what I remember from school!
lisaam
8 years ago
Mmmmm, love ile flotante, your cooking club will love you!
daisychain Zn3b
8 years ago
Yum! My mom and I were just talking about eating rose petals. Are you going to include them? I have this idea that they would go really well with the cardamon, but it's been a long time since I ate any.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
8 years ago
Cyn, how fancy!

Lisa, it was delish. And very pretty.

Daisy, I never even noticed the photo has rose petals. Good thing or I'd have spent the day hunting down organic roses. The rose water was quite enough, in fact next time i would back it down a tad.