store bought chocolate ganache icing

[Anonymous]

Where can I buy store bought chocolate ganache icing? Trader joe's used to have a good one. Do they still sell it? I also vaguely recall that Whole Foods may sell some in a jar. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Ganache is easy to make. The ratio of chocolate to cream determines the contency after it cools.

This makes a lots(6 cups)
3 cups of heavy cream
3 oz of corn syrup
3 oz of unsalted butter
2 pounds of dark sweet chocolate, chopped fine

1) place cream, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.

2) remove from heat and add chopped chocolate, stirring constantly until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is homogenous.

This recipe is for a soft ganache...one used for glazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ganache is easy to make. The ratio of chocolate to cream determines the contency after it cools.

This makes a lots(6 cups)
3 cups of heavy cream
3 oz of corn syrup
3 oz of unsalted butter
2 pounds of dark sweet chocolate, chopped fine

1) place cream, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.

2) remove from heat and add chopped chocolate, stirring constantly until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is homogenous.

This recipe is for a soft ganache...one used for glazing.

Uh, so not the question asked! Why do people do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ganache is easy to make. The ratio of chocolate to cream determines the contency after it cools.

This makes a lots(6 cups)
3 cups of heavy cream
3 oz of corn syrup
3 oz of unsalted butter
2 pounds of dark sweet chocolate, chopped fine

1) place cream, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.

2) remove from heat and add chopped chocolate, stirring constantly until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is homogenous.

This recipe is for a soft ganache...one used for glazing.

Uh, so not the question asked! Why do people do this?

Why? Because it's so easy to make that I can't understand why you would buy it.

[Anonymous]

I don't recall ever seeing it in a store. I think the version in the Epicurious double chocolate layer cake recipe may be even simpler than the one the PP posted, and it's really good.

[Anonymous]

You don't need corn syrup. Chocolate and heavy cream are enough:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/georgetown-cupcakes-chocolate-ganache-cupcakes/10344/

Couldn't be easier.

[Anonymous]

At it's simplest ganache is really just microwaved chocolate chips with a small amount of cream whisked in. It's applied when a thick liquid (dipped, poured) and it dries into a frosting. You can not spread it. So if you bought it premise you'd still need to heat and apply it. I think this is why I've never seen it pre made; the "scratch" approach is basically the same thing.