Difficulty: Expert
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4-6 servings

Ingredients:

8 oz. heavy cream
1/4-cup espresso, ground
1-1/2 tsp. cardamom pods, cracked
6 oz. creme fraiche
4 oz. sugar
1-1/2 oz. corn syrup
1 sheet gelatin, bloomed (softened in water)
3 egg whites

Directions:

1. Bring 8 ounces of heavy cream to a boil.
   
2. Add espresso and cracked cardamom pods then steep for 3-4 minutes.
   
3. Strain the heavy cream and weight out to 6 ounces.
   
4. Chill in ice bath until completely cold.
   
5. Whip creme fraiche until soft peaks form.
   
6. Slowly add espresso cream and whip to soft peak. Set aside.
   
7. Take the sugar and corn syrup and add water until like wet sand in consistency.
   
8. Cook to the hard ball stage, or 248 degrees, then add the bloomed gelatin.
   
9. Whip egg whites until a little past foaming stage.
   
10. Pour sugar mixture in slowly and whip until completely cooled.
    
11. Take espresso mixture and fold whites in three additions.
    
12. Pipe into molds and freeze.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. Fine Living has not tested this recipe in the proportions indicated and therefore cannot make any representation as to the results.