Lemon Ganache
"Traditional ganache with a little zest."
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
2 cups
ingredients
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (the really good stuff)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (more if you really like lemon)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
directions
- Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in a heat safe bowl.
- Bring cream to boil on stovetop.
- Once cream in boiling pour over chopped chocolate.
- Add lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Stir from the inside out, making sure not to let in to much air.
- Stir till chocolate is completely melted.
- That's it--you now have ganache. You can use this on cakes, to make truffles or just cool it in the fridge and snack on it later.
- You can also substitute the lemon with orange.
Questions & Replies
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If I’m going to substitute the lemon with orange, how much juice and zest should I use? -
Will the lemon work well with milk chocolate? My plan was to try a semi sweet shell with a milk chocolate and lemon ganache center.
Reviews
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Bad recipe. Didn’t turn into ganache. Turned into soup. After trying figure out what I did wrong I looked up other ganache recipes and this ones ratio of chocolate to cream is way off. This is a 1:1 ratio. Most other ganache ratios are 3:1 or 4:1 chocolate to cream i.e. 24oz chocolate, 8 oz cream. -
This is so easy and so fabulous! People think you're amazing if you make this! I also used about 1/4 tsp. lemon oil to really make it have the essence of lemon. I made a chocolate cake and used this as a frosting for the middle and outside. Rave reviews all around!
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