Chocolate Ganache

My first experience making ganache was a nightmare. Mind you, I have a tendency to skip reading recipe directions and assume I’ll just figure it out as I go along. I had high hopes that melting a bag of our semisweet chocolate chips and folding in some warm-ish cream would yield the perfect ganache that I had seen our chefs make countless times. I was so wrong. My ganache turned into a congealed, anything-but-emulsified glob. Here are a few helpful tips from the best chefs I know (tips give