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Chocolate ganache

Name: Chocolate ganache
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes enough to fill and ice 1 sponge cake.
Ingredients: 300g good quality dark or milk chocolate; 150ml double cream

By: Jess Meyer
Former deputy food editor, delicious.

Published: 20 Apr 22
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Every cook should have this recipe for rich, silky chocolate ganache up their sleeve. This recipe uses a ratio of 2:1 chocolate to cream. Serve hot over ice cream and pancakes, or leave until cooled and thickened to fill and ice cakes.

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Easy
April 2022

Test kitchen approved

Makes enough to fill and ice 1 sponge cake.
Hands-on time 5 min, plus standing time 3 min.

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Ingredients

300g good quality dark or milk chocolate
150ml double cream

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Method

Grate the chocolate into a heatproof bowl.
Gently heat the double cream over a low-medium heat in a small pan until steaming but not simmering (if it’s too hot the chocolate may split). Pour the cream over the chocolate and leave for 3 minutes, then gently stir until smooth and glossy.
Use it hot: as a dip for fruit, or poured over ice cream, pancakes. Use it cool: (but still runny) as a pouring glaze for cakes or for filling tarts (chill the ganache in the tart case for a smooth finish). Use it cooler: (and thickened) for filling and icing cakes and cupcakes, or when a whipped ganache is called for.