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Chocolate Ganache

Recipe information

  • Yield

    To frost a 9-inch cake

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Bring 1 cup heavy cream to the simmer in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan. Lower heat and stir in 8 ounces semisweet chocolate broken into bits. Stir briskly until melted and smooth, then remove from heat. It will thicken as it cools.

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TagsDessertFrenchEuropeanChocolateGluten FreeNut FreeQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerSimmerCookbooks
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