Personally, I love chocolate ganache. It is one of the best frostings ever invented. A basic ganache requires primarily just two ingredients- Chocolate and cream.
What is a Chocolate Ganache?
Ganache is a flavorful mixture of cream and chocolate. Where the cream is heated and chocolate is added to it. The ganache was originated in France by a chef, accidentally, where it was then used for glazing and icing cakes.
The choice of chocolate is important while making a chocolate ganache. Personally, there is nothing great than using actual or coverture chocolate. But even compound chocolate works.
The other ingredient in a chocolate ganache is the cream. Cream with a fat content of at least 25% should be used while making the ganache. More the fat content more will be the richness of the ganache. The milk solids in both the cream and chocolate help the ganache to set.
Whipping cream (both non-dairy and dairy) can also be used. However, ganache made using just whipping cream is much sweeter than the one made with fresh cream because of the sugar content in the prior one.
There are three consistencies of ganache depending on the use. For glazing, for frosting and for making truffles.
Glazing, the ratio of cream to chocolate is 2:1
Frosting, the ratio is 1:1
Truffle (which is richer) the ratio is 1:2
White chocolate ganache
White chocolate ganache is a little tricky than the former. You would like to invest in the good quality of white chocolate for better results.
To make a white chocolate ganache, you need to increase the ratio of cream and chocolate. For frosting, it will be 1:3.
I have used both coverture and compound and my personal belief is that coverture tastes better than a compound.
Black chocolate ganache
Add your black food grade color in the dark ganache for a pitch black ganache. Never add black color to your white ganache unless you need a grey ganache, I personally love Wilton gel colors. I wouldn’t recommend liquid gel colors. Even powdered colors work well. But for pigmented colors, a good gel color would be the best choice.
Can you color you white ganache? Yes, of course, you can.
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