Weight Watchers Cannoli Recipe • WW Recipes
Cannoli are one among my favourite Italian desserts. Cannoli are tube-shaped shells of fried pasta, crammed with a candy, creamy filling containing mascarpone or sweetened ricotta cheese blended with vanilla, chocolate, or different flavorings.
Don’t be scared by the various steps concerned in cooking this recipe – it’s really very straightforward to organize, and the result’s yummy!
Weight Watchers Cannoli recipe
Shells
- 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup white wine
- shortening for frying
Filling
- 4 cups complete milk ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup finely chopped maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream optionally available
To make shells, combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl.
Lower in butter.
Add egg yolks; stir with a fork.
Stir in wine, 1 tablespooon at a time, with a fork till dough clings collectively.
Kind a ball with the dough and let stand for half-hour.
Roll dough nearly paper skinny, on a well-floured floor.
Utilizing the rim of a margarita glass (about 3-4 inches throughout), make circle imprints into rolled dough.
Utilizing a paring knife, make sure that circles are minimize during.
Roll every circle of dough round a metallic cannoli tube, overlaping the ends and press to seal, flaring out the sides barely.
Fry one or two at a time in scorching melted shortening (about 360°F) for about 1 minute, turning to brown all sides.
Take away from scorching grease and drain on paper towels, seam facet down.
Let cool a minute or two earlier than making an attempt to take away metallic tube.
To take away the tube maintain cannoli shell down on the paper towel and thoroughly slide the tube out one finish.
Depart cannoil shells on paper towel, seam facet down to chill fully. (Shells will be saved in hermetic containers and made a number of days previous to filling.)
For filling, drain ricotta cheese over cheesecloth if ricotta is watery.
Mix ricotta cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract till mixed.
Squeeze Maraschino cherries with paper towels to take away all liquid. (If you happen to don’t squeeze them good, you’ll have a pink water filling!).
Stir in cherries and chocolate chips into the ricotta combination, being cautious to not over combine.
For a lighter filling, it’s possible you’ll whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream to type stiff peaks, and fold into filling combination at this step.
Chill filling for about half-hour earlier than piping into cooled cannoli shells.
It’s possible you’ll garnish the cannoli by sprinkling powdered sugar on prime.
Whipped cream, a cherry, and shaved chocolate can be used to garnish the highest.
Hold refrigerated till time of serving.
What number of Weight Watchers factors in cannoli recipe?
WW POINTS per serving: 6
Dietary data per serving: 250 energy, 11.5g fats, 0.7g fiber
Initially posted 2007-02-23 10:26:28.
