Cardamom-Flavored Cream for Fruit

• 4 cups whole milk
• 6 cardamom pods
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

1. Bring the milk to a boil over medium or medium-low heat in a very heavy, wide pan, deep enough to let the milk rise a bit without boiling over.
2. Stir as the milk heats.
3. (I prefer to heat up my milk in a microwave oven and just pour it into the pan to speed up matters.)
4. As soon as the milk starts bubbling, add the cardamom pods and stir.
5. Adjust the heat, generally to medium low, so the milk simmers steadily without boiling over or catching at the bottom.
6. Cook this way, stirring now and then, for about 25 minutes.
7. Stir in any skin that forms.
8. (It tastes very good when cold.)
9. Add the sugar and condensed milk.
10. Stir and cook another 10 minutes.
11. Remove cardamom pods, cover, and cool in the refrigerator.

milk, cardamom pods, sugar, condensed milk

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cardamom-flavored-cream-for-fruit-373903 (may not work)