Turkish coffee macarons with cardamon dark chocolate coffee ganache

Cardamon dark chocolate coffee ganache:

5 cardamon pods

1 cup heavy whipping cream

225g dark chocolate, chopped

2 tbs freshly ground coffee (Turkish coffee, if you can find it)

25g unsalted butter, softened

 

1. In a mortar and pestle, grind the cardamon pods to a dust.

2. Heat the cream until it just comes to a boil in the microwave or small sauce pan.

3. Add the cardamon to the cream and stir to mix. Cover and let infuse for 20 minutes. Strain out the cardamon pods and discard.

4. Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate in a bowl. Leave to melt the chocolate for a minute

5. Stir the mixture gently to emulsify the melted chocolate into the cream, until completely smooth.

6. Add the ground coffee and softened butter. Incorporate the butter completely into the ganache

7. Leave to rest in the fridge until it stiffens to piping consistency.

Done