Published 14:49 IST, December 5th 2019
Chocolate Ganache recipes to make at home in five minutes for multiple frosting options
Make your own chocolate ganache at home and use it for a glossy decoration, frosting, filling or even as a glaze. Take a look at the quick recipe for details.
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Ganache is a rich dark chocolate mixture mixed with heavy cream which is often used for decoration in many patisserie recipes as well as for icing cake. It can be whipped to make icing or cake, pastry or tarts or it can be just poured over whatever dessert you like. It is a versatile topping and can be easily me at home. Here are steps to make ganache and different ways to use m in various recipes.
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How to make a chocolate ganache?
Steps to make a chocolate ganache
- Chop bittersweet chocolate in small pieces or just use store-bought chopped version and place m in a bowl.
- For a rich ganache, heavy cream is used for recipe. heavy cream is taken in a saucepan and boiled until it is about to overflow saucepan. Once it is boiled, take pan off heat and immediately pour cream over chopped chocolate.
- You will see that chocolate will start to melt, at this st you need to ensure to whisk it well eugh until ganache is smooth.
- Once blended well, let ganache cool a bit before pouring m as a glaze over cake or any bakery item. When pouring over cake, start from centre and n go towards outer portion of cake.
- If you want your icing to be thicker inste of glossier, n cool ganache completely before swirling it over cake to get peaked icing over your cake.
- In case you want a fluffier icing, n whip cooled ganache and n use a piping bag to frost your cake with it.
How to use chocolate ganache in different recipes?
Ganache is usually used to make icing for cake and as a decoration in various pastry recipes. Ganache can be glossy, stiff or even fluffy depending on how its me. Here are some ways by which you can use chocolate ganache in various ways.
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- You can make Brownie Trifles with Ganache Filling
- Tiramisu by layering it with ganache
- Dip your doughnuts in ganache
- Bundt cake tastes best with chocolate ganache glaze
- Cupcakes could be frosting using ganache
- Cheesecake with top layer frosted by chocolate ganache
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14:00 IST, December 5th 2019