I'm hoping someone has some tips for me. Last night I tried to make a chocolate ganache. I used equal amounts of heavy cream and choc.chips. I heated the cream and poured over the chips and stirred and stirred and stirred. It wasn't perfectly blended as i don't have an immersion blender, but I plan to chill, whip and use as a cake filling, so it doesn't have to be perfectly smooth. However, I put it in the fridge for an hour to chill and it never really set up, so i whipped it in the KA for a long time - 15 minutes or so. Well, long story short - it still looked kinda grainy. It tasted great, though. Thoroughly frustrated, I put it in the fridge and went to bed! This morning, it is very solid. I'm wondering how it's going to perform... I left a small bowl out of the fridge this morning as an experiment to see what it will do at room temp. Does anyone know what I did wrong or have any tips? As it's going to be used as filling, I want to be sure it's stable...
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My experiences with using chocolate chips when making ganache have also not been "perfect" It seems they do not want to melt completely. Also I use less cream than chocolate..example.. 6 ounces of cream for 8 ounces of chocolate. I prefer to use a block type of chocolate that I chip or shave into pieces. It seems to melt better resulting in a smoother ganache. Leaving the ganache at room temp should result in it getting softer and you should be able to whip it and use it as your filling. Dont be alarmed when you whip it as it will get much lighter in color.
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