Rum Baba with Cardamom: Rum Syrup

Name: Rum Baba with Cardamom: Rum Syrup
Ingredients: ½ cup honey; A few cloves; 12 green cardamom pods; Strips of orange and lemon zest; ¾ cup sugar; A few kumquats, sliced (optional); ½ cup rum, or more to taste; 1 cup water; 1 cinnamon stick

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

By David Tanis

Published 2008

About

I prefer dark rum for this syrup. The syrup can be made a few hours in advance, or up to a day ahead.

Ingredients

½ cup honey
¾ cup sugar
1 cup

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Spring

Method

In a saucepan, stir together all ingredients except the rum until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the rum, and cool to room temperature.