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Just made another mint chocolate ganache
On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:04:28 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
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>On Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 3:07:03 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 13:05:13 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
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>> >On Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 12:41:22 PM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
>> >> On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6:36:49 PM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
>> >> > 4# Dark chocolate
>> >> > 1-3/4 coups cream
>> >> > 15 DROPS of this:
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>> >> > https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...13290108_o.jpg
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>> >> > 1.5 tsp was outrageously too much!! I learned the hard way!!
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>> >> > John Kuthe...
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>> >> Gonna dip it today!! It's smelling good sitting out covered with plastic wrap! Good consistency too, I envison scaling and dipping's gonna be a breeze!
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>> >> John Kuthe...
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>> >And I think I NAILED IT!! Could have used a full two cups of 40% cream, but my housemate Jocelyne asked for a second after I had her do quality control for me!! :-) Best compliment I could get!! (I have not tasted them yet myself!)
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>> >https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...48658329_o.jpg
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>> What shall I do first: taste one for myself or go tell the newsgroup
>> how great they are?
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>I generally do not eat candy while I'm making it. I tasted some of the ganache, the predominant flavor is the chocolate and mint flavor is very mild, begging a second piece!! I could have used 20 drops! I'm gonna write this down so I never make THAT mistake again!!
I was just surprised that you didn't try the end result right away.
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Bruce
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