How to Make Homemade Italian Ricotta Cannoli Filling
Serves 125 mins prep0 mins cook
Learn how to make homemade Italian ricotta cannoli filling with just 4 ingredients. Made with strained ricotta cheese and flavored with a grated orange peel, this simple cannoli filling recipe can be used as a dip or to fill cannoli shells.
2 servings
What you need
Instructions
0 Strain the ricotta cheese in cheesecloth or a thin kitchen towel over a bowl for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight for best results. 1 Combine the strained ricotta cheese with the powdered sugar, cinnamon and orange zest in a food processor or blender. 2 Mix the ricotta cheese filling for 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides as necessary, until it is smooth and fluffy. 3 Serve the cannoli filling as a dip alongside cannoli chips or use it to fill homemade or store-bought cannoli shells.View original recipe