RECIPE
RECIPE: CRUSTLESS STRAWBERRY CANNOLI BAKE
A Spoonful of Crustless Strawberry Cannoli Bake |
Spring is finally here! Juicy, ripe fresh strawberries are in season. Sliced over this delicious low-fat, low-carb, high-flavored dessert, they taste fantastic!
Our easy to make Crustless Strawberry Cannoli Bake recipe is inspired by the creamy filling you'd find inside a cannoli, but it's diet friendly. To make it non-diet, use ingredients marked with an asterix (*). All ingredients should be kept cool until ready for the oven.
INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. flour
2 lbs. (900 g.) part-skim
or whole milk* RICOTTA cheese
½ cup Splenda granulated, or 6 packets Splenda plus a generous squeeze of Agave nectar or
honey
or ½ cup superfine granulated SUGAR*
1 tbsp. Nielsen-Massey REAL VANILLA POWDER or vanilla sugar (available at Whole Foods), or vanillin
ZEST of one orange. (If you do not have a citrus zester or cheese grater to zest the orange, do not
substitute orange juice.)
3 egg YOLKS
1 lb. fresh STRAWBERRIES (or other fresh berries)
DIRECTIONS
1. PREHEAT oven to 350° F / 176° C.
2. GREASE and flour a glass, ceramic or metal pie plate using butter.
3. COMBINE ricotta, sugar/sweetener, vanilla/vanillin in a medium mixing bowl using a wooden spoon.
4. ZEST outer layer of orange peel off of the orange, being careful not to remove any of the bitter
white orange pith beneath.
5. SEPARATE egg yolks from whites. Store whites in refridgerator for future use.
6. ADD orange zest and egg yolks to the ricotta mixture. COMBINE together.
7. POUR into greased and floured pie plate.
8. BAKE with a watchful eye for 40-45 minutes, or until top turns slightly golden.
9. TEST readiness by sticking a butter knife into the center. If center still liquid, bake more.
10. REMOVE from oven and COOL.
11. SLICE strawberries and arrange atop pie in a pattern.
12. SERVE with a spoon.
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