Chocolate Chip Cannoli Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 4 ounces 1/3-less-fat cream cheese (about 1/2 cup), softened
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate minichips
- 12 Pizzelles prepared using Cannoli Shell Variation
Instructions
- Place colander in a 2-quart glass measuring cup or medium bowl. Line colander with 3 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over outside edges. Spoon ricotta cheese into colander. Gather edges of cheesecloth; tie securely. Refrigerate 12 hours. Spoon drained cheese into a large bowl; discard liquid.
- Add powdered sugar, cream cheese, cornstarch, lemon rind, vanilla, and cinnamon to drained ricotta; beat with a mixer at medium speed until combined. Fold in chocolate minichips; cover and chill until ready to assemble cannoli.
- Spoon ricotta mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch round tip. Pipe 1 tablespoon into each end of prepared cannoli shells. Serve immediately.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Lemons ca...
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