I was craving cannolis for a few days now and spotted these mini fillo cups in my pantry and had wondered if they would do in place of the traditional cannoli shell. They do. I love a good vanilla ricotta cannoli from Mike’s Pastry in the North End but sometimes I like my canollis jazzed up with a smidgen of orange, cinnamon, and chocolate. I whipped up some filling and filled these mini cups then proceeded to eat five all by myself. Does that make me bad? So when you need to impress a crowd, make these little bites then lead everyone to believe that you spent all day making them.
Cannoli Bites
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 t vanilla extract
4 T. powdered sugar
1 T. heavy cream
1/8 t. cinnamon
1 t. fresh orange zest
2 T. mini chocolate chips
30 mini fillo cups (2 boxes)
In a small food processor or blender, blend the first 5 ingredients until smooth. Remove to a bowl and fold in orange zest and chips. Using a baby spoon, spoon filling evenly into 30 fillo cups. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cocoa, or both. Chopped pistachios may be nice too. Serve immediately. Makes 30 pieces.
Note- Only put the cream filling into the cups just before serving so the cups do not get soggy. Thank you.
Another Mini Fillo Recipe: Mini Baked Brie Cups
Have a grand weekend!
Robin Sue
33 Comments
A briliant idea! I love cannoli and these little bites are guilt-free (unless I eat 6"!
Another one bookmarked! You are killing me with all these delicious recipes!
These look like great party fare- easy to prepare in large amounts.
The Service League ladies will love this, I'm going to be the star of the Christmas Tea
I'm thinking you could brush the cups with chocolate before filling them, to keep them crisp if you need to make them a bit ahead (like a few hours).
Wow! So easy, and yet so yummy!
This is amazing. I can't wait to make these. My fam LOVES cannolies.
Thank you.
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These rock! Perfect for the 100+ degree day we had today.
I would love to make these but Ive never heard of fillo cups – where do you purchase them?
Usually found in the freezer section near the desserts, pies dough, and puffed pastry dough. Have fun!