Strawberries With Cannoli Cream

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup ricotta cheese (about 1/2 of a 15-ounce container)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 6 cups fresh strawberries, halved

Recipe

• 1 for cannoli cream, in a medium bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
• 2 in a small chilled bowl, beat the whipping cream with an electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form (do not over-beat.)
• 3 by hand, gently stir the whipped cream and about half of the chocolate pieces into the ricotta mixture. (if desired, mixture can be made up to 2 days ahead; refrigerate, covered.).
• 4 to serve, divide strawberries among 8 dessert dishes.
• 5 spoon cannoli cream over the berries.
• 6 sprinkle with remaining chocolate pieces.