Chocolate cream with seared Cranberries, maple syrup & cardamom

Ingredients

• 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk (3.25% m.f.)
• 1 cup (250 ml) whipping cream (35% m.f.)
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 10 ounces (280 g) dark chocolate tablets (about 60% cocoa)
• 1/3 cup 80 ml) maple syrup
• 1/4 tsp. (1 ml) ground cardamom
• 1 cup (250 ml) frozen cranberries, previously thawed
• Zest of 1 orange
• 2 Tsps. (30 ml) orange juice
• 1 cup (250 ml) pistachios
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of fleur de sel