makes
8
prep
15 minutes
cook
1 hour
difficulty
Easy
makes
8
serves
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
1
hour
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 2 litres milk
- 165 g (¾ cup) caster sugar
- 70 g (½ cup) blanched pistachios, finely ground
- 8 cardamom pods
- organic dried rose petals (see Note) or slivered pistachios, to serve
Freezing time 4 hours
You will need 8 x 125 ml kulfi moulds (see Note) for this recipe. Substitute dariole moulds. Allow at least 4 hours to freeze the kulfi.
Instructions
Place milk in a large saucepan over medium–high heat and bring to the boil. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, then reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent a skin forming and the milk from scorching, for 50 minutes or until reduced by just over half; don’t boil the mixture.
Add sugar, pistachios and cardamom, and cook, stirring, for a further 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Pour mixture into a bowl set in an iced-water bath and stir until mixture cools to room temperature (about 5 minutes). Remove and discard cardamom.
Fill 8 x 125 ml kulfi moulds, with milk mixture, leaving 1cm at the top, screw on lid and place in the freezer for 4 hours or until frozen. (If using dariole moulds, cover surface of mixture with plastic wrap, then freeze.)
Remove kulfi from freezer, hold moulds in a tea towel soaked in warm water, then carefully run a small palette knife around the inside of each mould. Turn out kulfi onto a plate and scatter over rose petals or pistachios to serve.
Note
• Kulfi moulds are available from Indian food shops.
• Rose petals are available from selected spice shops. Alternatively, pick and dry your own petals from pesticide-free roses.
Photography by John Laurie.
As seen in Feast magazine, Jan 2012, Issue 5.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
