Description
Silky smooth chocolate ganache elevates desserts with its luxurious French-inspired richness. Rich chocolate and cream blend seamlessly, creating a versatile topping you’ll adore for cakes, truffles, and pastry delights.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate
- 8 ounces (226 grams) semi-sweet chocolate bars, finely chopped
Dairy
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy cream
Preparation
- No additional ingredients needed
Instructions
- Carefully cut chocolate into ultra-fine, uniform pieces to ensure smooth melting.
- Warm heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat until tiny bubbles form around the edges, avoiding full boiling.
- Immediately pour steaming cream directly over chopped chocolate, allowing ingredients to interact without stirring.
- Allow mixture to rest undisturbed for approximately 3 minutes, enabling chocolate to slowly melt from cream’s residual heat.
- Gently whisk from center outward, creating a silky, uniform emulsion with no visible chocolate fragments.
- Assess desired consistency: serve immediately for a glossy, pourable texture or let cool at room temperature for a thicker spread.
- For piping or whipping applications, refrigerate ganache for 1-2 hours until slightly firm but not completely solid.
- When chilled, use electric mixer to transform ganache into airy, light frosting with increased volume and soft peaks.
Notes
- Choose high-quality chocolate with at least 60% cocoa solids for rich, deep flavor.
- Use heavy cream with minimum 36% fat content to ensure smooth, luxurious texture.
- Let ganache cool at room temperature for perfect spreading consistency on cakes or pastries.
- Adjust chocolate-to-cream ratio: more cream for a thinner glaze, less cream for a thicker truffle-like texture.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 23 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 313 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 25 mg
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated Fat: 16 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 71 mg