Make your own classic Italian confection with this recipe filling prepared cannoli pasty shells with a mixture of chocolate chips and ricotta cheese.
Original recipe makes 12 pastries
Ingredients
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 pint part-skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup blanched slivered almonds
1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur
12 cannoli shells
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
12 maraschino cherries
Directions
- In a large bowl, stir ricotta cheese with 1 cup confectioners sugar until combined. Add almonds, chocolate chips and almond liqueur.
- Carefully spoon into cannoli shells (or pipe from a pastry bag), filling from the center out.
- Sprinkle individual serving plates with powdered sugar and cocoa, or sprinkle on cannoli. Garnish plates with cherries.
- Note: 1/8 teaspoon almond extract mixed with 1 tablespoon water can be substituted for the almond liqueur.
