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Chocolate Ganache Making Guide

hey bakers john canal from perfect kitchen here and today we're making a chocolate ganache it all went in the bowl this silky amazing combination of just two ingredients chocolate and almost any liquid you could want can make a perfect accompaniment for chocolate eclairs any kind of cake donuts truffles the works this is gonna be really fun let's get started so to make this ganache i'm gonna use a one-to-one ratio of chocolate to cream but you don't have to do that if you want to make a drip cake for example you would use like three parts chocolate and one part cream or whatever liquid you're choosing we'll talk about the liquid situation in a minute but for now let's get some chocolate i'm gonna use a combination of semi-sweet and bittersweet you could use milk chocolate anything you like whatever floats your boat i often like to use all bittersweet chocolate because the ganache is like a nice not so sweet but very creamy finish to a lot of my desserts the generous with our cup if you chop the chocolate finally the ganache comes together really quick you don't worry about any lumps hanging out here there you can make your ganache in a double boiler just have a pot of simmering water with a glass bowl over it the glass should not be touching the water dump your chocolate in your cream and stir stir until it's almost all melted finish melting off heat because the residual heat in the chocolate will carry it through the one concern you might have is having chocolate burn and that happens when you just heat it up too high so if you're microwaving use 50 power and if you're using stove heat then go ahead and use a double boiler i've done enough chopping let's transfer this over okay roughly one cup of chopped chocolate now we're gonna add in one cup of scalded cream that just means the cream is just under boiling so we're gonna pour it over our chocolate begins melting instantly so just give it a minute walk away do a dish or two look at my instagram whatever you want so it's been almost a minute i couldn't really wait i'm very impatient let's give it a whisk and see what happens this is the fun part because it looks like garbage just whisk whisper swiss whisk now we have a beautiful very silky liquid that we can use to soak cake layers in you could dip donuts in this eclairs just have it by the spoonful that works if you want to be thicker just use less liquid start off with a quarter and then you can add more as you go along let's try a version with coffee though because a lot of people think that you can use only like a cream to melt chocolate and anything else will make it seize but this is not true especially for a ganache once again just a little rough chop i love using a chocolate ganache on my cakes you can click up here for my oreo cake oh my gosh it is beyond indulgent one of my most popular recipes gotta check that transfer this to a bowl now a few tablespoons of hot coffee i'm going to start off with two let it sit there for a few seconds just allow the heat from that coffee to permeate through the chocolate and give it a melt okay let's take a look squish whisk so here you can see that my chocolate is not fully melted the coffee cooled down pretty quickly because we weren't using that much so we're going to zap this in the microwave at 50 power for maybe 10 15 seconds okay there's a microwave down there it's a drawer microwave okay check that out there we go that's all we needed just 15 seconds i want to give these a little taste test and share the difference between the cream and the coffee chocolate this chocolate coffee ganache is perfect for my mocha cake it's actually what i use to make the ganache in that recipe you can click up here for that that is a chocolate coffee lovers dream it's so indulgent and this ganache features prominently in it so the coffee definitely comes through you do taste it but it's a really nice combination so if you love coffee you love chocolate try adding some coffee to your ganache and you're not limited you can add a splash of vanilla a sprinkling of salt whatever you want your ganache can take on so many different flavors just whisk them in and you have a nice aromatic little extra something that'll enhance your dessert the consistency of that ganache is great for dipping so like for my chocolate eclairs dip it right in there you can go a little bit thicker if you want or let it cool down more and you'll get a thicker coat of chocolate from your dip you can make a ganache with any liquid even brandy i made brandy chocolate truffles and all they are is a very thick ganache and you're thinning it out with cream and an alcohol that you love they're delicious and just really really easy you can click up here for those brandy truffles they are worth making every day of the week if you make your ganache and it's too runny you wanted to do some kind of a drip or you needed a thicker glaze but it's soupy even after it cools down like if this is not right for you don't worry go ahead and just add in more chocolate so it's this one to one ratio i added an extra half cup of chocolate gave it a few seconds in the microwave at low power and now i have a much thicker glaze this will be perfect for a drip and maybe even a bit more suitable for an eclair or any kind of pastry you want to dip in chocolate silky and amazing you see that i love it you can put this ganache on anything i just whipped up this banana cream pie today and you know why not a little bit of chocolate on top how about them bananas all right that was fun so easy i hope you get to make some various ganaches especially try the one with brandy that is good and if like you thin it down enough it's basically soup which counts as a meal messy if you like this recipe try my chocolate eclairs they are one of my all-time favorites and that ganache dip is everything thanks so much for watching if you like my videos hit that like button and subscribe and i'll see you soon