While in California I tried a Vanilla ice cream that was made with orange blossom water, honey, cardamom and almonds. It was absolutely delicious, I wish I knew how to describe it. The only thing I can think of is it was slightly reminiscent in taste of authentic greek baklava and even that comparison does not do it justice.
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Our local grocery store carries some local made gourmet Gelato and ice creams and one of the ones they carry is Cardamom. It had a much more intense flavor then I expected and although good is not something you would eat a full serving of. It went better as an accent ice-cream. We ended up serving a huge scoop of their dark chocolate gelato and little scoop of cardamom.

When I get beck to the house I tell you what brand.

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I greatly enjoyed a cardamom kulfi while wandering around Jackson Heights one afternoon. Kulfi can be so heavily creamy, but the cardamom reins that in and offers a light, warm spice without too much fire or any extra sweetness. Indian food on a stick -- what's not to love?

I bet a rosewater sorbet would be gangbusters. I'll try making one this weekend.

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Big Dipper Ice Cream in Missoula, MT carries a incredibly wonderful cardamom ice cream.

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Interesting. Once I get an ice cream maker (after I get a bigger freezer), I'll have to try that combination. After, of course, anise with black pepper.

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My father owns an Indian restaurant and they make their own Kulfi thats flavored with Cardamom and pistachios. Excellent combination and excellent flavor...My mother would also make a milky pudding type indian dessert called Paisam (think rice pudding but with vermicelli instead), it was mainl a birthday treat but i remember Cardamom was a big flavor component in that and although it is typically served warm or room temp. i know many people who prefer it cold :-) You know what i think would taste amazing a masala chai ice cream, (of course flavored with cardamom)mmmm....

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True ice cream lovers should make the pilgrimage to Columbus, Ohio, at least once in their lifetimes to visit Jeni's Ice Cream. Among Jeni's absurdly creative flavors (there is a real Jeni) is a lime cardamom yogurt that'll knock your socks off.

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I have a pint of cardamom ice cream in my freezer from Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream Shop (http://www.mollymoonicecream.com) in Seattle, and it is two things:
1. A delicious combination of not-too-sweet and spicy/savory
2. Mostly gone

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Ooh, I believe I've just found the perfect use for the palm sugar and cardamom pods a friend brought me from Cambodia.

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I bet a Turkish coffee sorbet/ice cream with the cardamom seed addition would be fantastic, as much as I like making the coffee at home.

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