THE EASIEST CHOCOLATE GANACHE EVER (2 INGREDIENTS ONLY)

Episode 8 of If You Have 60 Seconds ⏱️ your fastest guide to baking made simple 💫 Who knew you could make ganache with just chocolate and water? No cream. No fancy ingredients🥰Just pour hot water over chocolate and watch it turn silky smooth🍫Sometimes the simplest hacks are the best 💫 Chocolate contains cocoa butter, cocoa solids, sugar and lecithin. When hot water is added to it, cocoa butter forms tiny fat droplets that emulsify the mixture and lecithin stabilises it. The science behind this technique was popularised by Heston Blumenthal. According to him, chocolate and water can actually work together if the ratio and mixing are correct. So, too little water and your chocolate seizes. And with the perfect amount of water, and you are left with a silky smooth ganache. Tips to remember 1. Use a good quality chocolate with around 60% - 70% cocoa because it contains the right balance of cocoa butter and solids to stabilise the emulsion. 2. You can use compound chocolate too. Make sure to chop it into tiny pieces for even melting and mixing. 3. Use hot water, not boiling. This helps the chocolate melt, dissolve and emulsify properly while keeping the mixture fluid while mixing. 4. Surface wrap the ganache with a plastic wrap to avoid a film forming on the surface. 5. Once the ganache is set, whip it into stiff peaks with an electric beater to use as frosting. bake with shivesh, shivesh bhatia, hacks, chocolate ganache, quick hacks, baking, baking hacks, how to make ganache, chocolate ganache hacks