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"Milk Chocolate Ganache" for FILLING cakes, pralines or as a topping

Ganache is a cream made from cream and chocolate. It is perfect for coating cakes. This makes the cake stable and ready for fondant. Ganache is also ideal as a filling for cakes and pralines and as a topping - but be careful: depending on the type of chocolate and how you plan to use it, a different ratio of cream to couverture is needed - see the other ganache recipes.
Makes: 1 Basic recipe

Ingredients

Equipment

Instructions

  1. 1.
    Chop the chocolate into small pieces.
  2. 2.
    Bring the cream to a boil in a pot (or heat it in the microwave).
  3. 3.
    Take the pot off the stove, pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir briefly.
  4. 4.
    Wait a few minutes, then stir well with a whisk. The chocolate must be completely melted.
  5. 5.
    Transfer to a container, cover and leave to cool in the refrigerator.

If you want to fill a cake or need a topping:

  1. 6.
    Before filling, whip with a hand mixer or the KitchenAid until the cream is stiff - this makes it nice and light and fluffy.

If you want to fill pralines:

  1. 7.
    The ganache is already ready to use - please do not whip it any further!
  2. 8.
    Tip: Any ganache that is left over and has not been whipped can be frozen, so it keeps a few days longer.