2 years ago“Leaning Tower of Phyllo”-Phyllo Tower with Chocolate Chip Cannoli Cream and Berries
This weekend I ventured over to the season opening of the Boca Raton Green Market. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’ve missed having a farmers market. All through college, I religiously attended the farmers market to pick out fresh produce, baked goods and unique goodies that I can’t get at any grocery store.
I spent the morning browsing through the tents, sampling homemade pestos, fresh cheeses, guacamole and some stellar baked goods. One of the tents was selling fresh cannolis. I’ve never been the biggest fan of cannoli shells, but I do love the cannoli cream inside. So in an effort to take that delish filling and create a new use for it, my sous chef Lisa and I came up with the phyllo dough tower.
What You Need (1 Serving):
Phyllo Dough (Thawed)
Sugar
5 Large Strawberries (sliced)
PAM Butter Spray
3/4 Cup Ricotta
1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips (or about 1/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips)
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
Set oven to 350 degrees (You could even do this in the toaster)
For the Phyllo:
1. Roll out the phyllo. Using a pizza cutter, cut off about 4 inches of the dough. Then cut that dough in half so that you have 4x4 inch squares.
2. Grease a cookie sheet using the PAM Butter flavored spray. Place 1 single sheet onto the cookie sheet. Spray the phyllo sheet with PAM and sprinkle with sugar. Repeat until you have 8 layers. Make sure to make two piles.
3. Bake the dough in oven until they are slightly browned (About 10 Minutes). Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
4. In a small bowl, combine ricotta, vanilla, chocolate chips and sugar. Mix until well combined. (If you want the mixture to be a bit creamier, use a hand mixer to blend the vanilla, ricotta and sugar together. Then fold in chocolate chips)
5. Scoop the ricotta mixture into a Ziploc bag. Twist the bag and snip off the corner to form a pastry bag. Then, place one of the phyllo squares on to a plate. Squeeze out the cannoli cream onto the square. Top with some berries. Next, place the second phyllo square on top of the cannoli cream. Add the remainder of the cream to the top of the phyllo and top with the remaining berries.
*Note: I made two different stacks last night. One was the strawberry topping and another was a banana topping. I preferred the banana stack because I used cinnamon sugar instead of regular sugar. I suggest making the cinnamon stack over the strawberry stack.
