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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.

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom Knopf
TagsDessertFrenchEuropeanChocolateGluten FreeNut FreeQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerSimmerCookbooks
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