Tag: chocolate ganache
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Demystifying Dacquoise and Japonais
The first time I learned about this lovely soft and crunchy base that can be used as a cake layer was in culinary school. I was taught that dacquoise (pronounced dak-waz) incorporated almond flour and the other similar version called japonais (pronounced zha-po-nay) used hazelnut flour…but it’s a little more complicated than that. The term…
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The Many Uses For Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate ganache is a very rich and creamy mixture of chocolate and cream that has many different uses. You can use it as a filling for cakes, fill chocolate shells to make truffles or roll the filling itself into truffles and dip into cocoa powder, or you can use it to make chocolate pate or…