Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Cannoli Dip

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When I think of good Italian pastries, the first thing that comes to my mind is cannoli! It's found in every Italian bakery! And it's always served at important family gatherings in our house! My favorite kind of cannoli is the little mini ones! Sometimes the pastry shell is dipped in chocolate! The best!!! But a properly made cannoli, in my opinion, must contain mini chocolate chips!

I recently had a huge cannoli craving, so I decided to make a quick recipe that I knew would satisfy me! I used my recipe for Cannoli Cream Dessert and tweaked it to make that recipe into a dip.

This was so quick to make...only took about 10 minutes for me to be in cannoli heaven!
I served my Cannoli Dip with graham crackers! I was a very happy camper!



Cannoli Dip
Cannoli Dip

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup ricotta cheese - I used part skim
1/4 heaping cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. pure almond extract
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 Tbls. mini chocolate chips - semi sweet
graham crackers

DIRECTIONS:

Mix the first 5 ingredients together thoroughly.
Chill until ready to serve.
Serve with graham crackers for dipping.
This recipe serves 2-4 people
 





24 comments:

  1. Holy Cannoli! This look SO good! Gotta put this dip on my "To Try" list! Thanks for sharing Lillian!

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    1. LOL! I hope you will! It's so good and easy too! Thanks for checking it out! Come back and tell me what you think of it! =)

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  2. This is BRILLIANT! I love cannolis but only the ones from a good Italian bakery, not from my local grocery store. And I'm not much for making pastries. The result is that I don't get to have them very often. With this, I could have them anytime. Ummm...could be dangerous!

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    1. Thank you so much Christine! You made my day! Yes, I know what you mean about making pastries! I'm not very skilled in that area, so this is my way of cheating! And yes...lol...very dangerous! But the part skim ricotta helps me not feel too guilty about eating way too much of this dip! =)

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  3. Hi Lilian,

    Love your deconstructed version of cannoli. This will be great for entertaining.

    Nice to know you via blogging. Hope to hear from you soon. Following you at your pinterest.

    Zoe

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    1. Thank you so much Zoe! I just stopped by your blog and I loved what I saw! So many great recipes! I'll be visiting often! =)

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  4. This sounds great Lillian- Thanks, what a great snack to keep in the fridge

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    1. Thank you Linda! Yes it is! If it makes it into the fridge! lol!

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  5. yum i am very exited to make this! I have never really used ricotta so if I end up enjoying this recipe I will have to start using ricotta in more recipes thank you for the idea!I have been trying to cook outside my comfort zone

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    1. Thank you so much Meghan! I love sweetened ricotta! Please let me know how you like it! =D

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  6. Being 100% Italian, this is a must try recipe! I LOVE cannolis!

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  7. Looks yummy have to try it, do you use it for dip only or can we use it for a regular connoli or do you have another recipie?

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    1. Thank you so much! I only use this as a dip but I can't see why this couldn't be used to fill cannoli shells! I hope you'll try it and let me know! =D

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  8. I think I'd have to try this!! Wonder if broken sugar cone or waffle cone "chips" would be good!? Oh gosh!

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    1. Oh Julie...I love the waffle cone chips idea! That would be sooooo good with this! Thanks for mentioning that! =D

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  9. Oh, Dear God, what have you done? I can see myself living on this.

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    1. LOL!!! Yes, that's exactly what I was doing with this for about a week until I just couldn't eat anymore! It was my breakfast and afternoon snack and after dinner dessert!

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  10. Absolutely fabulous!!

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  11. IF YOU WANTED TO ADD COCOA TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CANNOLI DIP,
    HOW MUCH DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADD?

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    1. Oh I love that idea! I would try a tablespoon at a time and taste it. Then just add more if needed. Please comeback and let me know how you liked it...thanks! =D

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  12. I will be a hero to my grandson, can't buy or make the shells. Love cannoli.

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