- Hey bakers, John Kanell
from Preppy Kitchen here. And today we're making
a chocolate ganache. It all went in the bowl. (laughing) This silky, amazing combination
of just two ingredients chocolate and almost any
liquid you could want can make a perfect accompaniment
for chocolate eclairs, any kind of cake, donuts,
truffles, the works. This is gonna be really fun. Let's get started. So, to make this ganache I'm
gonna use a one to one ratio of chocolate to cream, but you don't have to do that. If you want to make a
drip cake, for example, you would use, like three parts
chocolate and one part cream of whatever liquid your choosing. We'll talk about the liquid
situation in a minute. But for now, let's get some chocolate. I'm gonna use a combination
of semi-sweet and bittersweet. You could use milk chocolate. Anything you like,
whatever floats your boat. I often like to use all
bittersweet chocolate because the ganache is
like a nice, not so sweet but very creamy finish
to one of my desserts. Being generous with our cup. If you chop the chocolate finely, the ganache comes together really quick. You don't have to worry about any lumps hanging out here or there. You can make your ganache
in a double boiler, just have a pot of simmering water with a glass bowl over it. The glass should not
be touching the water. Dump your chocolate and your cream and stir, stir, stir until
it's almost all melted. Finish melting off heat because the residual
heat and the chocolate will carry it through. The one concern you might
have is having chocolate burn and that happens when you
just heat it up too high. So if you're microwaving use 50% power and if you're using stove heat, then go ahead and use a double boiler. (choppping with speed) I've done enough chopping. Let's transfer this over. Okay. Roughly one cup
of chopped chocolate, now we're gonna add in
one cup of scalded cream. That just means the cream
is just under boiling. So we're gonna pour it over our chocolate, begins melting instantly,
so just give it a minute. Walk away. Do a dish or two. Look at my Instagram. Whatever you want. So it's been almost a minute. I couldn't really wait. I'm very impatient. Let's give it a whisk
and see what happens. This is the fun part because
it looks like garbage. Just whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk. And now we have a
beautiful, very silky liquid that we can use to soak cake layers in. You can dip donuts in this. Eclairs, just have it by
the spoonful, the works. If you want it to be thicker,
just use less liquid. Start off with 1/4, and then you can add more as you go along. Let's try a version with coffee though, because a lot of people
think that you can use only like a cream to melt chocolate and anything else will make it
seize, but this is not true, especially for a ganache. Once again just a little rough chop. (chopping with speed) I love using a chocolate
ganache on my cakes. You can click up here for my oreo cake. Oh my gosh, it is beyond indulgent and one of my most popular recipes. Gotta check it out. Transfer this to a bowl. Now a few tablespoons of hot coffee. I want to start off with two. Let it sit there for a few seconds. Just allow the heat from that coffee to permeate through the
chocolate and give it an out. Okay. Let's take a look. Whisk, whisk. So here you can see that my
chocolate is not fully melted. The coffee cooled down pretty quickly because we weren't using that much. So we're gonna zap this in the microwave at 50% power for maybe 10, 15 seconds. Yeah there's a microwave down there. It's a drawer microwave. K. Check that out. There we go. That's all we needed. Just fifteen seconds. I want to give these a little taste test and share the difference between
the cream and the coffee. Mmmmmmmm Chocolate. (tasting chocolate) Mmmmm This chocolate coffee ganache
is perfect for my mocha cake. It's actually what I use to
make the ganache in that recipe. You can click up here for that. That is a chocolate coffee lover's dream. It's so indulgent and this ganache features
prominently in it. So the coffee definitely comes through and you do taste it, but it's
a really nice combination. So if you love coffee
and you love chocolate, try adding some coffee to your ganache. And you're not limited. You can add a splash of vanilla, a sprinkling of salt, whatever you want. Your ganache can take on
so many different flavors. Just whisk them in, (whisking quickly) and... (tasting chocolate) you have a nice aromatic,
little extra something that'll enhance your dessert. The consistency of that
ganache is great for dipping. So like for my chocolate
eclairs, dip it right in there. You can go a little bit
thicker if you want, or let it cool down more and you'll get a thicker coat
of chocolate from your dip. You can make a ganache with
any liquid, even brandy. I made brandy chocolate truffles, and all they are is a very thick ganache and you're thinning it out with cream and an alcohol that you love. They're delicious and
just really, really easy. You can click up here for
those brandy truffles. They are worth making every
day of the week. (chuckles) If you make your ganache
and it's too runny, you wanted to do some kind of a drip, or you needed a thicker glaze, but it's soupy even after it cools down, like if this is not right for you, don't worry. Go ahead and just add in more chocolate. So it's this one to one ratio, add in an extra of chocolate, give it a few seconds in
the microwave at low power, and now I have a much thicker glaze. This is gonna be perfect for a drip and maybe even a bit more
suitable for an eclair or any kind of pastry you
want to dip in chocolate. Silky and amazing, do you see that? I love it. You can out this ganache on anything. I just whipped up this
banana cream pie today, and you know, why not? A little bit of chocolate on top how 'bout them bananas? (chuckles) (eating pie) Good. All right, that was fun. So easy. I hope you get to make
some various ganaches especially try the one with brandy. That is good. And if like you thin it down
enough it's basically soup, which counts as a meal. (chuckles) (bites strawberry) (chuckles) Messy. Mmmmm If you like this recipe,
try my chocolate eclairs. They are one of my all time favorites, and that ganache dip is everything. Thanks so much for watching. If you like my videos hit that
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