Cannoli are a Christmas tradition at our house. I buy the shells from a local bakery, but stuff them myself. The end product seems pretty fancy for something that only takes a few minutes.
Makes Approx: 16 mini cannoli or 6 regular cannoli
Ingredients
1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
1 cup mascarpone cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup of chopped chocolate (I chop mine by putting it in a Ziplock and hitting it with a mallet)
1 cup of chopped pistachios or almonds
(1) Preheat oven or toaster oven to 350 degrees
(2) Toast the nuts in a glass pan in the oven for 10 minutes or until just slightly lightly brown
(3) Let the nuts cool and slightly chop them
(4) Process the ricotta cheese in a food processor to smooth any chunks. Add the mascarpone cheese and mix together.
(5) Transfer the cheeses to a medium sized bowl and mix in the powdered sugar and a few tablespoons of the chocolate and a few tablespoons of the cooled nuts (the total amount is really to your tastes).
(6) Using a pastry bag, fill the cannoli shells from each end with the cream.
(7) Mix the remaining cooled chopped nuts and chopped chocolate together on a plate. Press each end of the cannoli into the nut/chocolate mix. Dust the finished cannoli lightly with powdered sugar (if desired)
These should be made no more then a few hours before serving
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