Sunday, June 7, 2015

Cannoli Tart

Ingredients:
Crust:

2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup cold butter
1 egg
1 tbsp milk

Filling:
2 1/4 cups ricotta 
1 egg
2 tsp sugar 
2 tsp amaretto 
1/2 cup chocolate chips or chunks 

Directions: 

  1. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Whisk a few times to mix up. cut in butter until the mixture forms pea sized crumbs. With your hands mix in egg and milk and knead into  a ball.
  2. Place the dough ball in between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Roll dough out large enough to fit a deep dish pie pan or deep dish tart pan. Grease pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray. Gently place the dough into pan. Refrigerate while you make the filling and oven is preheating to 350 degrees F. 
  3. In a mixer blend ricotta, egg, sugar and amaretto until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.  Pour into crust.
  4. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees F for around 25-35 minutes, or until the crust has slightly browned and the filling has puffed a bit. Serve cold or at room temperature, Sprinkled with icing sugar or drizzled with chocolate.

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