Cannoli

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (15 ounce) carton ricotta cheese
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate or 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, grated
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• 12 cannoli shells
• 3/4 pistachios, finely chopped
• 1 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 for filling: combine ricotta cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla; stir in grated chocolate. cover; chill 6 hours.
• 2 meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat and stir the chopped chocolate and the shortening over low heat until melted; remove from heat; transfer to small bowl.
• 3 dip both ends of cannoli shells in chocolate; let excess drip off.
• 4 sprinkle chocolate ends with chopped pistachios.
• 5 arrange on wire rack placed over waxed paper to dry, about 45 minutes.
• 6 when chocolate is dry, in a medium bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
• 7 fold into the ricotta cheese mixture.
• 8 spoon filling into a cake decorating bag fitted with a large open star tip or round tip (or spoon into a resealable plastic bag; seal bag and snip off a small corner); pipe filling into shells.
• 9 cover and chill up to 2 hours.