Cannoli Parfait

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb strawberry, hulled and sliced
• 3 tablespoons amaretto or 3 tablespoons orange liqueur
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup unsalted pistachios, chopped
• 24 amaretti cookies, crushed
• miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine the strawberries and amaretto. cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
• 2 in a large bowl, whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form (tips curl). in a medium bowl, stir half of the whipped cream into the ricotta to lighten it. gently fold in the remaining whipped cream and cinnamon. fold the pistachios into cream mixture.
• 3 place a layer of crushed amaretti cookies in each of 4 parfait glasses. top each with a layer of strawberry slices and then cannoli cream. repeat layering. if desired, top with miniature chocolate chips.