ganache
noun
Example Sentences
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022 Black-and-White Irish Cream Cupcakes Irish cream ganache and crunchy chopped coffee beans top this rich St. Patrick's Day dessert. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022 Nearly every scene is punctuated with long, artful closeups of vegetables being chopped, chocolate ganache being painstakingly poured over a cake, containers full of beef being lugged around the kitchen, stainless steel being lovingly wiped. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Stir the chunks into the ganache off the heat, until melted and smooth. Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Available by the slice ($6), or as an entire cake ($36 and up), this dessert is finished with chocolate ganache and garnished with fresh fruit. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022 Lucky are chocolate lovers in particular, who can choose between a lovely tiramisu, served as a parfait in a clear glass cup, or a glossy round of ganache, from which brushstrokes of chocolate sauce end with a golden garnish of popcorn brittle. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 The versions might include something chunky, a ribbon of caramel, a layer of ganache on top, even a gumball at the bottom. Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2022 To make the ganache: In a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water, pour the heavy cream, chocolate chips and coffee. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
borrowed from French, originally a kind of bonbon manufactured by the Parisian confectioner Siraudin (probably after Les Ganaches, a play by Victorien sardou first performed in October, 1862), literally, "lower jaw of a horse, jowl, imbecile," borrowed from Italian (Tuscan) ganascia "jaw, jowl," central Italian ganassa, going back to Vulgar Latin (northern and central Italy) *ganassa, re-formation (with gender conformed to the source noun) of Greek gnȧthos "jaw" (attested in Medieval Latin of Italy as ganathos) — more at -gnathous
Note: The French word occurs in a list of bonbon varieties produced by "la maison Siraudin" ("Courrier de la mode," LʼIllustration, journal universel, vol. 44, no. 1139, 24 décembre 1864, p. 415): "Les bonbons preférés sont: le Maltais, la Praline du club, la Praline Livry, au sucre de violette, lʼÉmélie, lʼOrangine, puis les Ganaches, qui eurent presque le succès de la pièce de Victorien Sardou, etc., etc." ("The preferred bonbons are: the Maltese, the Club Praline, the Praline Livry, with violet sugar, the Émélie, the Orangine, then the Ganaches, which had nearly the success of Victorien Sardouʼs play, etc., etc."). The Ganache bonbon is cited in English in a list of popular French bonbons, others of which are named after successful operas and plays of the period ("Bonbons," Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading, vol. 7, nol. 163, February 13, 1869, pp. 220-21).
1977, in the meaning defined above