Cherry-Pistachio Cannoli Cream

Ingredients:

• 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 tbsp. packed light brown sugar
• pinch salt
• 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips
• 1/4 tsp. grated orange zest
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups sweet cherries, pitted, plus 4 cherries on the stem
• 2 tbsp. chopped pistachios

Makes 4 Servings (1/2 cup per serving)

1. Combine the ricotta, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor; process until perfectly smooth, 1-2 minutes
2. Scrape the cheese mixture into a medium bowl; stir in the chocolate chips, orange zest, and vanilla. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.
3. Stir the pitted cherries into the cheese mixture. Divide the cannoli cream evenly among 4 dessert bowls. Sprinkle with the pistachios and top each with a cherry in the stem. Serve at once.

WW POINTS VALUE: 3 pts.

 

Note: This recipe appears in the WW Best-Ever Desserts Cookbook. If you love Italian food or dessert, this treat is for you. A cannoli is a Sicilian dessert that is consisted of a pastry shell filled with ricotta cheese topped with nuts and/or chocolate chips. This spin on cannoli is both flavorful and filling. The combination of dark chocolate chips, chopped nuts, orange, vanilla and cherries is absolutely delicious. If you don't want to eat this as a pudding, I highly recommend using this cannoli cream as a filling for cannolis. The cannolis will be deliciously filling. The points value will go up but they are worth it.