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Chocolate ganache

Name: Chocolate ganache
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 400 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 ml cream; 200 g dark chocolate

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.

345 K 1× 4.1/5 (80 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

2.20 €

400 g

2 Ingredients

Last modified on: January 25^th 2022

For 400 g, you will need:

1 200 ml cream
2 200 g dark chocolate
Total weight: 400 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 5 min.

Cooking: 10 min.

All in all: 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...

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.

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.You will note that this ganache is not sweetened, if you want a sweeter taste, you can reduce the proportion of chocolate a little and replace it with milk chocolate, or sweeten the cream to your taste.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	10 RDI=4 %	130 RDI=10 %	120 RDI=20 %	1,660 RDI=80 %	6,930 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=5 %	410 RDI=20 %	1,730 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk

How much will it cost?

For 400 g : 2.20 €

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I adore Ganache, jh. Thanks for sharing...
Louise march 23^th 201117:32 1

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