Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rich icing made of chocolate and cream heated and stirred together, used also as a filling, as for cakes or pastry.
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- noun A rich creamy chocolate
filling made of chocolate and cream, used for confections such as the filling oftruffles .
Etymologies
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The word ganache is French, and before it was applied to a mixture of chocolate and cream, it meant “cushion.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The word ganache is French, and before it was applied to a mixture of chocolate and cream, it meant “cushion.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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At first I was nervous, because I've never had good results when ganache is involved in the frosting recipe.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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A selection that they do have online, however, is a big package of Foil-Wrapped Mini Easter Eggs. In nine different flavors - a mix of milk, dark and white chocolates with fillings that range from hazelnut to chocolate praline to Pop Rocks in ganache (not sure if this is in all the assortments, but it was in two different ones I got at the store) - this is a really great variety pack.
Leonidas White Chocolate Easter Duck, reviewed | Baking Bites 2009
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Let sit about 30 minutes, or until ganache is spreadable.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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At first I was nervous, because I've never had good results when ganache is involved in the frosting recipe.
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If you find the ganache is getting too sloppy, cover it closely, put it back into the fridge, wash your hands, dunk them in ice water, dry them completely, give it a half an hour, repeat the washing, dunking drying sequence and get back at it.
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Racheli Jan 26 so cute! chocolate ganache is my fav
Flirty Aprons’ Frosted Cupcake Apron, reviewed - and a giveaway! | Baking Bites 2010
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If you find the ganache is getting too sloppy, cover it closely, put it back into the fridge, wash your hands, dunk them in ice water, dry them completely, give it a half an hour, repeat the washing, dunking drying sequence and get back at it.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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Let sit about 30 minutes, or until ganache is spreadable.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ganache
"Once, on Captain Ahab's ship, they served and ate chocolate ganache for a birthday celebration. They called it the place of whaling and ganache-ing of teeth."
Unoriginal to me; ultimate source unknown
June 27, 2011