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

Two stacked chocolate macarons with dark ganache filling, topped with dark chocolate pieces, with more chocolate chunks beside them.
in Basic Recipes, Sweet Treats, Creams, Fillings & Glazes · Tags: Cake, Cream, Ganache, Ganache filling, Couverture chocolate, Pralines, Topping, Cake filling, Dark Chocolate Ganache, Dark chocolate
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Ganache – also called "Parisian cream" – is wonderfully versatile!

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Ganache is a cream made from cream and chocolate.

It is perfect for coating cakes. It makes the cake stable and ready for fondant.

But 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 want to use it, a different ratio of cream to couverture is needed - see the other ganache recipes.

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Ingredients

US measures are rounded approximations – a kitchen scale is more accurate.

Nutrition & allergens AI estimate
per serving
Energy 1,956 kcal
Protein 19.2 g
Fat 156 g
Carbohydrates 103.9 g
of which sugars 85.9 g

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Soy

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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 another container, cover and let cool in the fridge.

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, which keeps it for a few days longer.

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