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Chocolate Ganache

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15 min

Chocolate Ganache

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Time

15 min

Serving

16 persons

Calories

142

Rating

4.00★ (1)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Chocolate ganache is a mixture of cream and chocolate that has lots of uses with homemade baked goods. Perfect for cakes, truffles, and pastries, this deliciously rich topping can be used as a filling, frosting, or glaze.

Ingredients

  • ounces bittersweet chocolate: 9 piece (chopped)
  • heavy cream: 1 cup
  • dark rum: 1 Tbsp (optional)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  2. Place chocolate in a medium mixing bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  3. Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring just to a boil, watching very carefully because if it boils for even a few seconds, it will boil out of the pot. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  4. As soon as the cream comes to a boil, pour it over the chocolate in the mixing bowl. Whisk until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth, then stir in rum. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  5. To use ganache as a cake glaze, cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Start pouring glaze at the center of the cake and work outward.
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  6. For a fluffy frosting or chocolate filling, allow it to cool until thick (up to 1 hour in the refrigerator), and then whip until light and fluffy. Apply it with a spatula like a conventional frosting. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS 
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