Cardamom Apricot Floats Recipe

How to make it

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• Cardamom Syrup:
• Crush the cardamom pods with a pot or rolling pin. Don't smash! Just break the pods open. If the seeds inside are black, the cardamom is fresh. If the seeds are brown, your cardamom is old. Discard the brown-seeded pods and seek out the black ones in your spice jar or buy new from a reputable purveyor (i.e. probably not the grocery store).
• Pour sugar into small sauce pan. Carefully pour water over sugar. Don't splash! And stir carefully. If you don't get any sugar on the sides of the pan, you don't have to go through the rigmarole of washing them down with a wet pastry brush. However, if you do get some sugar on the sides of the pan, brush them off with a wet pastry brush.
• Add cardamom - the seeds and the pod part.
• Bring to a boil, then simmer gently for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to steep for 1 hour. Strain liquid into another container and discard cardamom.
• Cardamom Soda:
• 3 parts fizzy water to one part Cardamom Syrup, or to taste.
• The Float:
• Plop 2-3 scoops apricot (or peach) sorbet*into a tall glass, pour soda over sorbet, serve with straws and spoons.
• *I developed a recipe for my own apricot sorbet, but used ingredients not available to most home cooks: sorbet stabilizer and powdered glucose. If you have these items or just want the recipe let me know.