Ultimate Chocolate Ganache
Created by elsie on November 25, 2011
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #3045
Ingredients
- 2 cups whipping cream (heavy cream)
- 6 ounces chocolate, unsweetened (broken into pieces)
- 4 ounces white chocolate (broken into pieces)
- 2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
How to Make
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Step 1: Place all the chocolate pieces in a stainless steel bowl; set aside.
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Step 2: Heat the cream, butter, and sugar in a 3 quart pan over medium heat.
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Step 3: When the cream mixture is hot, stir to dissolve the sugar and bring to a boil.
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Step 4: Pour the boiling cream over chocolate and allow to stand for 5 minutes without stirring.
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Step 5: After the 5 minutes, stir the chocolate mixture until smooth and creamy then allow to cool at room temperature.
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Step 6: When the ganache has cooled, you can drizzle the ganache over cake, ice the cake completely, or chill some of it for about 10 minutes for piping.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (79.3 g)
- Calories 272.1
- Total Fat - 19.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.3 g
- Cholesterol - 29.4 mg
- Sodium - 45 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 26.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
- Sugars - 22.6 g
- Protein - 1.9 g
- Calcium - 24.3 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg