Chocolate ganache
A chocolate ganache is a mixture of cream and chocolate made while hot. This gives a kind of paste which solidifies somewhat as it cools but remains fairly soft. This is the filling used in many chocolates.
Last modified on: March 20th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:ChocolateGanacheCreamPastryTartFor 400 g, you will need:
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200 ml cream - 1
200 g dark chocolate - Total weight: 400 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 5 min. | 10 min. | 15 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Pour 200 ml cream into a pan over medium heat and bring to the boil.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Break 200 g dark chocolate into pieces and tip them all at once into the cream.
Stir gently with a maryse...
Stir gently with a maryse...
Stage 3
...until the mixture is smooth and evenly mixed.
Your ganache is ready. Leave to cool until it reaches the required consistency. The colder it is, the firmer it will be.
Your ganache is ready. Leave to cool until it reaches the required consistency. The colder it is, the firmer it will be.
Remarks
The proportions for a ganache are very simple: half cream and half chocolate.
Chocolate lovers will enjoy adding a little coffee (2 tablespoonsful, or 1 teaspoonful of instant coffee powder or granules) to the ganache to boost the flavour even more.
You can also add a vanilla pod to the cream to flavour the ganache.
Chocolate lovers will enjoy adding a little coffee (2 tablespoonsful, or 1 teaspoonful of instant coffee powder or granules) to the ganache to boost the flavour even more.
You can also add a vanilla pod to the cream to flavour the ganache.
Keeping
A few days in the fridge.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,656 Kcal or 6,933 Kj | 10 gr | 134 gr | 120 gr |
| 83 % | 4 % | 13 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 414 Kcal or 1,733 Kj | 3 gr | 34 gr | 30 gr |
| 21 % | 1 % | 3 % | 5 % |
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Source
Home made.
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- I adore Ganache, jh. Thanks for sharing...Posted by Louise march 23th 2011 at 17:32 (n° 1)
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