Ricotta and Chocolate Filling

Name: Ricotta and Chocolate Filling (Ricotta co’ cioccolattu)
Yield: Makes 1¾ cups
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ¼ cup chopped sweet or bittersweet chocolate or small chocolate chips; ¼ cup sugar; 1½ cups fresh ricotta

Ricotta co’ cioccolattu

Preparation info

Makes
1¾ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

1½ cups fresh ricotta
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Sicily

Method

Beat the ricotta and the sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in the chocolate with a rubber spatula, and refrigerate until ready to use in cakes, cream puffs, crullers, and cannoli.