One of my very fondest cooking memories was learning how to make house made cannoli at the little Italian restaurant I worked at in my hometown. To this day, cannoli is one of my very favorite desserts. It’s so light and sweet–the perfect way to end a meal in my opinion. I made crepes for my husband and our son the other day and it occurred to me that cannoli filling would be so unbelievably bomb-diggity inside crepes! And oh my gosh, my though was spot on. These crepes were just delicious!
Cannoli filling couldn’t be more simple to make–it’s only 5 ingredients!
When making cannoli filling, it’s necessary to press the extra moisture out of the ricotta cheese before adding the other ingredients–otherwise, your filling will be too runny. I usually do this by lining a strainer with cheesecloth or a flour sack towel, then dumping in the ricotta and placing it over a bowl. I wrap the excess material over the ricotta and place something heavy (in this case, a full container of yogurt) on top and let it sit in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
I topped our cannoli crepes off with chocolate sauce, caramel, and some extra chocolate shavings and lemon zest. To die for!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 TBS sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 TBS oil
- 16 oz whole milk ricotta cheese, excess moisture pressed out
- 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar
- zest of one lemon
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 2 oz semi sweet chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Heat a medium skillet over medium low heat. Grease the pan with butter and pour just enough crepe batter in the pan to cover the bottom of the pan thinly. Swirl and tip the pan to evenly coat the bottom of the pan with batter.
- Cook until set on one side, then flip. Remove to a plate and repeat with the remaining batter.
- To remove the moisture from the ricotta, gently press and squeeze the ricotta through a few layers of cheese cloth or a flour sack towel.
- Add ricotta to a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and blend together until smooth.
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