Four Ways Cannoli Filling Food

FOUR WAYS CANNOLI FILLING

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, add ricotta cheese, mascarpone cheese, cream cheese and goat cheese. Using an electric mixer with medium speed, beat the cheeses until well combined, smooth and creamy.
• 2. Turn the mixer speed to low, add powder sugar, ½ cup at a time and beat to combine. Turn the mixer off.
• 3. Divide cream into 4 equal portions and transfer each portion into 4 separate medium bowls.
• 4. Bowl #1: add cocoa powder, coffee instant, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt into cream. Stir with rubber spatula until well combined, this cream mixture is mocha flavor. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 5. Repeat remaining bowl #2, #3 and #4 for coconut lemon, chocolate cayenne and rum flavor.
• 6. Transfer each cannoli filling flavors into 4 separate pastry bags with or without a tip. Fill cannoli shells from both end sides of the shells. Each flavors can fill 7 to 8 cannoli shells.
• 7. For decoration: 1. Dip a fork into melted chocolate and drizzle on top of cannolis: - melted dark chocolate for chocolate cayenne and rum flavor - melted white chocolate for coconut lemon and mocha flavor 2. After drizzling melted chocolate, sprinkle cayenne sea salt on top of chocolate cayenne flavor and dust cocoa powder on top of mocha flavor.

CANNOLI FILLING

Steps:

• Whip the cream until stiff, add the sugar. Now you can add the candied fruit or the chocolate chips, or whatever you like!
• Fill the shells and dip ends in the grated chocolate. Some folks like ground pistachio nuts instead of grated chocolate - I've even seen cookie 'sprinkles' used. Dust the cannoli with confectioners sugar just before serving.

CANNOLI FILLING RECIPE

Steps:

• Strain ricotta cheese.
• once strained, add to a food processor with a sweeping blade.
• add sour cream, powder sugar, (cut up) cream cheese, heavy cream, vanilla extract.
• blend until combined and texture is of cannoli texture and firmness.
• taste and add additional things.

CANNOLI FILLING

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together and serve on graham crackers.

CANNOLI WITH AMARETTO FILLING

Steps:

• SHELLS: Combine flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in beaten egg.
• Gradually stir in wine, mixing well.
• Shape dough into a ball, cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to 1/16-inch thickness.
• Cut into 3 1/2-inch circles, and roll circles into 5-inch ovals.
• Place a cannoli form, lengthwise, down the center of each oval and roll dough around form.
• Moisten seam with water to seal.
• Pour oil to a depth of 3 inches into a Dutch oven and heat to 350°F.
• Fry cannoli shells one minutes, or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels and cool about 5 seconds.
• Remove the form and cool cannoli shells completely.
• FILLING: Thoroughly drain ricotta in a strainer, discarding the liquid.
• Put ricotta in a processor and process until smooth.
• Combine ricotta, mascarpone, powdered sugar and Amaretto, if using, in a medium bowl and beat at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Fold in two grated squares of chocolate. Place in the refrigerator and chill 4 hours.
• Pipe, or spoon. filling into shells.
• Sprinkle shells with remaining powdered sugar and exposed filling with remaining chocolate.
• NOTES : A substitute for mascarpone cheese may be mad by combining 16 ounces cream cheese, 1/3 cup sour cream and 1/4 cup whipping cream.