Cannoli Dip

Name: Cannoli Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 servings.
Ingredients: 1 carton (15 ounces) whole-milk ricotta cheese; 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon finely chopped candied citron; 1 tablespoon grated lime zest; 2 tablespoons lime juice; Mini ice cream sugar cones, optional; Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, optional

Ricotta is one of my family's favorite ingredients. I made up the cannoli filling and broke up some ice cream waffle shells to use as "chips and dip"—it was an instant hit! It's also good served slightly warm. —Ann Marie Eberhart, Gig Harbor, Washington

Ingredients

1 carton (15 ounces) whole-milk ricotta cheese
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped candied citron
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
2 tablespoons lime juice
Mini ice cream sugar cones, optional
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, optional

Directions

Beat together ricotta cheese, sugar, candied citron, lime zest and juice. If desired, scoop ricotta mixture into cones and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Do not use a food processor to chop the citron—it could make it too fine, and its flavor is more intense with slightly larger bits.

Nutrition Facts

1/4 cup: 128 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 21mg cholesterol, 70mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 0 fiber), 6g protein.

Originally published as CANNOLI DIP in Taste of Home Summer 2018

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Cherish

Jul 5, 2018

Did this dip for a party and it went over well BUT it's far closer to a Key Lime dip -- which hey, is fine but cannoli it ain't. It is also thinner than the picture would suggest -- I don't know what they were piping in that pic! If I make this again, I'd maybe try ricotta and mascarpone or cream cheese. It'd just be nice to be thicker and able to pipe. Also, in order to have decent sized waffle 'chips' I'd suggest get waffle cone bowls and breaking them up a little bit. As for the flavor, I'll probably just go full on Key Lime, really own it. The recipe is a novel idea...it just didn't work like it could have.
AngelaFB

Jul 4, 2018

This recipe was not good. I made it exactly as directed and it was very runny. I tried adding more sugar, but it did not help. I had to throw it away.