Melon soup with mint and cardamom ice cream

Recipe ingredients:

(for 4 people)

Ice cream:
900 g of fresh cream
200 g of whole milk
450 g of sugar
3-4 cardamom seeds passed in a mortar
A pinch of wholemeal salt

Soup:
A white melon
Sugar to taste
A few drops of lemon
Mint leaves

Preparation:

Ice Cream:
Mix all ingredients on the stove, bring to 85 ° C, remove from heat and sift moving the mixture into a bowl
Cool and mature for at least 4 hours, then wipe in the ice cream maker

Soup:
Mix part of the melon flesh
Cut into cubes the remaining melon, add the mint, few drops of lemon juice and sugar
Let stand for 1/2 hour

Presentation:

Make quenelles with whipped ice cream
Place a melon soup spoonful in a bowl
Add the diced melon, a few pieces of mint and an ice cream quenelle in the middle