split ganache

Antonio Garcia Rivera
@antonio-garcia-rivera
10/01/15 10:49:50AM
6 posts

Does anyone know how to mend a split ganache?

Tryed to do a dark chocolate lemon ganache and it was totally ruinned.. Read somewhere that it could be caused by adding the chocolate to the cream and not the other way around... Could that be it?

Ruth Atkinson Kendrick
@ruth-atkinson-kendrick
10/01/15 04:03:38PM
194 posts

There are a lot of factors, such as your method, temperatures and ratios. It sounds conterintuitive, but adding water will usually bring it back.

Antonio Garcia Rivera
@antonio-garcia-rivera
10/02/15 04:04:16AM
6 posts

Do you have an especific method?

Thanks!

Ruth Atkinson Kendrick
@ruth-atkinson-kendrick
10/02/15 01:23:07PM
194 posts

It is difficult not knowing your formulas and methods. If you are mixing at too low a temp, it can break, or if your ratios are off. In general, if I have a ganache that breaks, or looks like it might, I just stream some water into it as I am mixing. This will  smooth it out. I'm sure it has to do with water in fat, or fat in water emulsions.

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