Coffee and Cardamom Ice Cream – Helado de Café y Cardamomo
In the home of a Finnish friend, I once tried coffee with cardamom, and I absolutely loved the combo. She prepares the coffee using a French press, and adds a few cardamom seeds. Since that time, I occasionally make my morning coffee with this spice. When I saw this ice cream recipe, I immediately wrote it down in my recipes notebook, but then I forgot about it. A few weeks ago, I was checking my notebook when I suddenly saw it, as since July is National Ice Cream Month, I think it’s a good time to prepare it.
En casa de una amiga finlandesa, una vez probé un café con cardamomo que me encanto. Ella prepara el café en una prensa francesa, y le agrega unas semillas de cardamomo. Desde esa vez, de vez en cuando prepara el café con esta especia. Cuando vi esta receta para preparar un helado, la apunte luego luego en mi cuaderno de recetas, pero la deje olvidada. Hace unas semanas estaba revisando mi cuaderno y me la volví a topar, y como julio es el mes del helado, creo que es un bueno momento para prepararla. 
It’s super easy to prepare, you don’t need an ice cream maker. All you have to do is mix all the ingredients, pour into an ice cream container, and freeze. Many people like to finish their meal with a good cup of coffee, but in hot weather, drinking a hot coffee isn’t such a good idea. That’s when this ice cream makes an excellent choice, the coffee flavor is very intense.
Además es súper fácil de preparar, no necesitas de máquina para hacer helados. Lo único que tienes que hacer es mezclar todos los ingredientes, colocarlo en un recipiente y congelar. A muchas personas les gusta terminar sus comidas con una taza de café, pero en climas calurosos, a veces no se antoja tomar algo caliente. En esos casos, este helado es una excelente opción, el sabor a café es súper intenso. 
As I really like the taste of cardamom, next time I might add a little more. I feel that the predominant flavor in the ice cream is coffee, and the cardamom flavor gets a little bit lost. It is a fairly sweet ice cream. All the sugar is obtained from the condensed milk. So if you don’t have a strong sweet tooth, the option would be to slightly reduce the amount of condensed milk, but I’m sure the final consistency of the ice cream will be affected. So I would reduce the quantity of condensed milk, but increase the heavy cream at the same ratio.
Como a mí me gusta mucho el sabor del cardamomo, yo le podría añadir un poco más. Siento que el sabor predominante es el del café, y el cardamomo se pierde bastante. Eso sí, es un helado bastante dulce. Toda la azúcar la obtiene de la leche condensada. Si no te gusta mucho lo dulce, la opción sería reducir un poco la cantidad de leche condensada, pero estoy segura que la consistencia final del helado se verá afecta. Yo reduciría la leche, pero aumentaría la crema para batir en la misma proporción. 
I think the photos don’t make justice to the delicious flavor of the ice cream. I have a hard time photographing ice creams; they begin to melt and in a matter of seconds, I end up with a big mess. Besides, I always need someone to help me, it is impossible to hold an ice cream cone, and take a picture at the same time.
Pienso que las fotos no le hacen justicia al rico sabor del helado. Me cuesta mucho trabajo fotografiar helados; se empieza a derretir y se hace todo un batidero. Además siempre necesito que alguien me ayude, es imposible detener un cono de helado y tomar una foto al mismo tiempo. 
I hope you are encouraged to try this delicious Coffee and Cardamom ice cream. Its preparation is very simple and I think it’s the perfect dessert for a refreshing summer meal.
Espero que se animen a probar este delicioso helado de cardamomo y café. Su preparación es muy sencilla y pienso que es el final ideal para una rica comida veraniega.
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup freshly brewed espresso, at room temperature
- 1 can (397 gr – 14 oz) condensed milk
- ¾ cup unsweetened natural Greek yogurt
- ½ - 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (It depends on how much you like the taste of cardamom)
- In a medium bowl, beat the heavy cream until doubled in size. Gently fold together the heavy cream, espresso, condensed milk, yogurt and cardamom until incorporated.
- Transfer to an ice cream container. Cover and freeze until solid, approximately 8 hours.
- Enjoy!
- ¾ taza crema para batir
- ¼ taza espresso recién hecho, a temperatura ambiente
- 1 lata (397 gr - 14 oz) leche condensada
- ¾ taza yogur griego natural sin azúcar
- ½ - 1 cucharadita cardamomo molido (depende de cuánto te guste el sabor del cardamomo)
- En un tazón mediano, bate la crema para batir hasta que doble su tamaño. Incorpora suavemente la crema con el café, leche condensada, yogur y el cardamomo, hasta que se incorpore.
- Transfiere a un recipiente de helado. Cubre y congele hasta que este sólido, aproximadamente 8 horas.
- ¡ A disfrutar!
We always put cardamom in all our Indian desserts and also in our chai (tea), I bet it tasted awesome with coffee it. Cardamom is one of my favorite spices! 🙂 And I agree clicking ice cream is tough, it starts melting and then creates a big mess. By the way Azu, it’s not impossible to hold a cone in one hand and shoot from the other. Check this post http://www.cookwithmanali.com/mint-chocolate-chip-ice-cream/, the second picture I shot with one hand as I was holding the cone with another. You just have to be quick! 🙂
The combination of coffee and cardamom is delicious! You should try it. I was just thinking about making a chai ice cream!
I just visited your blog, and the cone photo is amazing! I’m impressed with your ability at taking food photos.
This flavour combination is really intriguing, thanks for sharing… And it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who writes down food notes, then promptly forgets about them 🙂