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Ganache I

Anonymous
By: Anonymous
Posted 8/30/09 • Last updated 4/26/04 • 271 views • 2 comments

Posted by Anonymous

Ganache is a mixture of cream, or butter, and chocolate. Ganache can be made thick enough to use as a truffle filling or thin enough to use as a glaze. A 'thin' Ganache can be melted to use as a glaze or whipped, and used as a filling for cakes. Use the best quality chocolate you can find.

Ganache I

Ingredients

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 1/4 pounds bittersweet chocolate

Instructions

1 Chop the chocolate into small pieces and place it in a large stainless steel bowl.

2 In a large, high sided saucepan, heat cream over medium high heat, stirring frequently, until it starts to boil. At this point, the cream will want to boil over, so keep an eye on it! Immediately remove from heat and pour over chopped chocolate.

3 Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is smooth. Cool completely and then store in refrigerator. Ganache can be reheated in a stainless steel bowl over hot, but not boiling, water.

Comments (2)

kimmerly1966 2/16/10 at 8:32pm
In the beginning you said it can be whipped, so i do what you say above and then just whip it????
Vicky093 8/16/12 at 3:28pm
Thank you so much for this recipe. Earlier you mentioned with cream or butter. Can you please let me know how to modify with butter so that I dont have to refrigerate the cake. Thanks very much, Vicky
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