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Can anyone tell me why my milk chocolate ganache has gone greasy and stringy, like melted cheese? Please help. I’ve made it before with plain chocolate with no problems but this is the first time i’ve made it with milk chocolate, and i made it at a 3:1 ratio. Oil keeps on coming out of if….is it a disaster, or should i try adding more cream?
I also tried making Paul’s chocolate cake for the 1st time too….it sank in the middle quite badly. Bit of a bad day 🙁
Jay (Beginner, thinking maybe i should give it up) 🙁

ai always make milk chocolate ganache 300mls of double cream to 300g of chocolate grate of chop up finally heat cream in microwave in short blasts say 30 secs a time until jus bubbling up pour over chocolate and put in fridge if its running after an hour or so wisk it wth electric wisker shud be fine then xx

Hi jayzell69

If you put in the search box’oily ganache’ you’ll see answers there which will help. Everyone has a least one ganache disaster so don’t give up! With milk and white ganache wait one minute before pouring on the boiled cream and let the heat of the cream melt the chocolate before trying to incorporate it. Don’t over mix as this makes for a greasy, thick and grainy ganache. Hope this helps x

Thanks MIWT, will see if i can save it in the morning with either milk or more cream….and will DEF be more careful with hot cream in the future! 😀 Thanks for the advice xx

Disaster averted!!! Thanks to a combination of both of your advice I managed to save the ganache and turn it into something usable 🙂
Chilled it in the fridge, then whisked it, then added more cream and then whisked it again and it came back from the brink…..Phew!! I will definitely be more careful next time. Thank you both again 🙂 xx

Hello I only use milk chocolate ganache. I use chocolate from lidl’s it’s called Bellarom and its only 99p for 200g. I use 2:1 ratio of chocolate to double cream. I don’t do anything special I boil the cream and pour it over the chocolate straight away which I will have chopped into smaller pieces and wait about 30 seconds and then gently mix it in, wait until it cools the fridge overnight. I honestly have never had any problems. I think it’s because the chocolate has about 31% coca in it which is quite high. Anyway just my thoughts on the subject.