Cannoli Pudding

Ingredients:

• 1 container (15 oz.) part-skim ricotta cheese
• 3 tbsp. granular sugar substitute
• 2 tsp. grated orange zest
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped pistachios (1 oz.)

Makes 4 Servings

1. With an electric mixer, beat the ricotta, sugar substitute, orange zest, and vanilla until light and smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips and pistachios.
2. Spoon the pudding evenly into 4 dessert bowls and serve, or cover and chill to serve later.

WW POINTS VALUE: 5 pts on Phase 1 & 7 pts on Phase 2

 

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook. You can have your cannoli and eat it too in a different way. This is a different kind of dessert in texture and in flavor. Normally, you eat a cannoli with the filling in the shell. You eat this cannoli in a dish and it has a nice flavor and aftertaste to it. This recipe is to be enjoyed on Phase 2. If you're on Phase 1, omit the chocolate chips and add 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder and 1 additional tablespoon of sugar substitute to the ricotta mixture. You will enjoy the combination of vanilla, orange and chocolate in this dessert.