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Ganache (, ; ) is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries, made from chocolate and cream.

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Food.name
Ganache
Food.image
00 Ganaché de chocolate.jpg
Food.caption
Chocolate ganache being poured into a bowl
Food.country
France
Food.type
Chocolate
Food.main_ingredient
Dark semi-sweet chocolate, cream

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Ganache (, ; ) is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries, made from chocolate and cream.

In the broad sense of the term, ganache is an emulsion between (melted) solid chocolate (which is made with cocoa butter, the fat phase) and a water-based ingredient, which can be cream, milk or fruit pulp. It has a smooth and shiny appearance. Depending on the ratio of cocoa butter and water in the finished product, ganache can be either semi-solid or liquid at room temperature, which allows its usage in a wide diversity of desserts and confectionery items.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ganache” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.