What Made Chocolate Ganache a Game Changer at the Farmer's Market?

[scottcooks]

I regularly go to a weekly Farmer's market in our community. It costs $20/week, and traffic is mixed, but it has been good for my business. Each time, I did some kind of simple food demo using monthly specials.

August - pitchers - iced coffee lattes or quick lemonade
September - stones - no-bake apple pie (apples on AP/C/S w/ cinnamon sugar)
October - cuttingboards, veggies with dip

I was listening to a Conference 2005 "Kitchen Shows with WOW!" CD featuring Ferriale Yan - and decided to try her Chocolate Ganache. BTW she is very entertaining to listen to!

Chocolate Ganache:
1 - 8oz. container heavy cream
1 - 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
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small executive or professional saucepan with lid
small portble hotplate
scraper or silicone whisk

Bring cream to a boil - remove from heat as it foams. Immediately add bag of chocolate chips, stir until glossy and smooth.

HOT - like hot fudge for ice cream
BARELY WARM - dipping for chocolate fondue, dipping for berries, etc.
ROOM TEMP - icing for brownies, sheet cakes
COOL - the firm inside to a chocolate truffle! Scoop with small scoop and roll in cocoa, or dip in melted choc.chips and set on parchment paper to setup. Fancy truffles? At the barely warm stage, add 2 tablespoons of your favorite licqueur - Raspberry Chambourd truffles? Godiva Chocolate truffles? Orange Grand Marnier truffles? Bailey's Irish Cream truffles? Kaluha coffee truffles?

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So, I made chocolate-dipped strawberries. I offered them at 1 for 50 cents, 3 for a dollar, and gave a few cubes of angel food cake with 2 or 3 toothpicks as well for chocolate dunking. I must've sold 20 of these in 3 hours...and got to talk to a lot of people about Executive cookware, silicone scrapers, and be their Pampered Chef consultant

I got a booking from explaining the inside of a chocolate truffle to these 2 ladies - one booked a November show!

 

[lizcooks4u]

sounds great!!!

I regularly go to a weekly Farmer's market in our community. It costs $20/week, and traffic is mixed, but it has been good for my business. Each time, I did some kind of simple food demo using monthly specials.

August - pitchers - iced coffee lattes or quick lemonade
September - stones - no-bake apple pie (apples on AP/C/S w/ cinnamon sugar)
October - cuttingboards, veggies with dip

I was listening to a Conference 2005 "Kitchen Shows with WOW!" CD featuring Ferriale Yan - and decided to try her Chocolate Ganache. BTW she is very entertaining to listen to!

Chocolate Ganache:
1 - 8oz. container heavy cream
1 - 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
-----------------------
small executive or professional saucepan with lid
small portble hotplate
scraper or silicone whisk

Bring cream to a boil - remove from heat as it foams. Immediately add bag of chocolate chips, stir until glossy and smooth.

HOT - like hot fudge for ice cream
BARELY WARM - dipping for chocolate fondue, dipping for berries, etc.
ROOM TEMP - icing for brownies, sheet cakes
COOL - the firm inside to a chocolate truffle! Scoop with small scoop and roll in cocoa, or dip in melted choc.chips and set on parchment paper to setup. Fancy truffles? At the barely warm stage, add 2 tablespoons of your favorite licqueur - Raspberry Chambourd truffles? Godiva Chocolate truffles? Orange Grand Marnier truffles? Bailey's Irish Cream truffles? Kaluha coffee truffles?

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So, I made chocolate-dipped strawberries. I offered them at 1 for 50 cents, 3 for a dollar, and gave a few cubes of angel food cake with 2 or 3 toothpicks as well for chocolate dunking. I must've sold 20 of these in 3 hours...and got to talk to a lot of people about Executive cookware, silicone scrapers, and be their Pampered Chef consultant

I got a booking from explaining the inside of a chocolate truffle to these 2 ladies - one booked a November show!

THANKS FOR SHARING!!

 

[tiffanypc05]

There's a farmer's market not to far from me and I was wandering how good that could be for my business. Maybe now, I will have to try this out!

Thanks!!!

 

[kat29]

Chocolate Ganache:
1 - 8oz. container heavy cream
1 - 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
-----------------------
small executive or professional saucepan with lid
small portble hotplate
scraper or silicone whisk

Bring cream to a boil - remove from heat as it foams. Immediately add bag of chocolate chips, stir until glossy and smooth.

HOT - like hot fudge for ice cream
BARELY WARM - dipping for chocolate fondue, dipping for berries, etc.
ROOM TEMP - icing for brownies, sheet cakes
COOL - the firm inside to a chocolate truffle! Scoop with small scoop and roll in cocoa, or dip in melted choc.chips and set on parchment paper to setup. Fancy truffles? At the barely warm stage, add 2 tablespoons of your favorite licqueur - Raspberry Chambourd truffles? Godiva Chocolate truffles? Orange Grand Marnier truffles? Bailey's Irish Cream truffles? Kaluha coffee truffles?

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So, I made chocolate-dipped strawberries. I offered them at 1 for 50 cents, 3 for a dollar, and gave a few cubes of angel food cake with 2 or 3 toothpicks as well for chocolate dunking. I must've sold 20 of these in 3 hours...and got to talk to a lot of people about Executive cookware, silicone scrapers, and be their Pampered Chef consultant

I got a booking from explaining the inside of a chocolate truffle to these 2 ladies - one booked a November show!

I'm going to have to try that recipe it sounds awesome. I love chocolate as it is of course who doesn't. LOL Farms Market?? I'm gonna have to see if there is one in the town I'm moving to here in December and maybe see how much it is to get a table and all.
Thanks for Sharing!!

 

[Marg]

Ohh, I am doing a "death by chocolate" show and I think I'll have to try out that recipe!!

 

[raebates]

The recipe is great. It would work well at a show.

I'm a bit concerned about the Farmer's Market idea. Here in Indiana you have to have a state license to sell food to the public. I can't even offer homemade treats to people at the fairs & expos I do.

Just don't want any of my fellow cheffers to get in trouble!

 

[mom2leelee]

Chocolate Ganache:
1 - 8oz. container heavy cream
1 - 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
-----------------------
small executive or professional saucepan with lid
small portble hotplate
scraper or silicone whisk

COOL - the firm inside to a chocolate truffle! Scoop with small scoop and roll in cocoa, or dip in melted choc.chips and set on parchment paper to setup. Fancy truffles? At the barely warm stage, add 2 tablespoons of your favorite licqueur - Raspberry Chambourd truffles? Godiva Chocolate truffles? Orange Grand Marnier truffles? Bailey's Irish Cream truffles? Kaluha coffee truffles?

Can I use the 8" exec. cookware pan? And do you know how long it takes the chocolate mixture to cool before you can make truffles out of it?

 

[Jennyb]

I thought about doing Farmer's Markets too this summer but the few that I checked out would only let you in if you had something "homemade" you were selling or you grew it yourself! I was really kind of bummed as I thought it would be a great opportunity to get my name out there. Hope you all have better luck than I did.

 

[susans_kitchen]

I'm in the same boat as Rae, I'd need a license and a health certificate and I believe it's county to county in CA. Too much of a PITA. I just show off products and talk.