Cannoli Cream Filling Recipe

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An authentic, easy Sicilian cannoli cream filling recipe / dip, I picked up while in Sicily last summer, served with chocolate dipped pizzelle cookies.

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Ingredients

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Line a large strainer with cheese cloth and strain the ricotta cheese for a couple of hours in the refrigerator.

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Add the ricotta cheese to the bowl of a food processor. Sift in the powder sugar and process together for about 45 seconds until incorporated and fluffy.

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Alternately you can add the ricotta cheese and sugar to a bowl and using a hand held blender with the whisk attachments beat together until combined and fluffy.

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Serve as is with the chocolate pizzelle cookies or stuff inside freshly made cannoli shells.

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Chocolate Dipped Pizzelle To make the chocolate pizzelle: prepare a double boiler on the stove top. Break the chocolate bar into chunks and add them to the double boiler bowl.

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Cannoli Cream Filling Recipe

An authentic, easy Sicilian cannoli cream filling recipe / dip, I picked up while in Sicily last summer, served with chocolate dipped pizzelle cookies.

Ingredients

Milk ricotta Sugar Pistachios or candied fruit chopped for serving Dark chocolate Cinnamon

Chocolate Pizzelle

Pizzelle cookies Dark chocolate bar Butter

Line a large strainer with cheese cloth and strain the ricotta cheese for a couple of hours in the refrigerator.

Add the ricotta cheese to the bowl of a food processor. Sift in the powder sugar and process together for about 45 seconds until incorporated and fluffy.

Alternately you can add the ricotta cheese and sugar to a bowl and using a hand held blender with the whisk attachments beat together until combined and fluffy.

Serve as is with the chocolate pizzelle cookies or stuff inside freshly made cannoli shells.

Chocolate Dipped Pizzelle To make the chocolate pizzelle: prepare a double boiler on the stove top. Break the chocolate bar into chunks and add them to the double boiler bowl.

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