EASY CHOCOLATE GANACHE RECIPE

This is a really easy recipe on how to make Chocolate Ganache at home. You can use this chocolate ganache recipe to pour over cakes, in between cakes, mix it with icing to make chocolate frosting, use on pancakes or cupcakes. Ganache comes from the French word which is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries made from chocolate and cream.

Ganache is normally made by heating cream, then pouring it over chopped chocolate of any kind. The mixture is stirred or blended until smooth, with liqueurs or extracts added if desired. Butter is traditionally added to give the ganache a shiny appearance and smooth texture.

Ingredients

150 gr good quality dark chocolate
150 ml double cream or whipping cream
30 gr of Butter

Directions

Step 1 : Break your dark chocolate into small pieces.
Step 2 : Pour your double cream into a pan and heat until it starts to simmer. Make sure you don’t boil your double cream.
Step 3 : Once simmering, take it off the heat and put your butter with chocolate inside the pan and leave it for 1-2 min.
Step 4 : Start mixing all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon until you reach lump free chocolate sauce.
Step 5 : Use it straight away if you want more liquid chocolate ganache or set in a fridge for 5-15 min to harder and then spread over the cakes or cupcakes.