Priorities.

I was in Italy last fall and had breakfast in a café with a bakery display full of cannolis. I ordered one and couldn’t understand what was taking so long for the waiter to bring it. Then this plate was placed in front of me.

Holy Cannoli!

Ah…that was a breakfast of champions and a very unexpected plating of sweetness upon sweetness.

If you like cannolis, you will love today’s Creamy Cannoli Pie. The ricotta filling has pudding, chocolate chips and whipped topping in the mix with just a hint of lemon. Finished off with pistachios and more whipped topping, it’s an easy sweet treat.

Creamy Cannoli Pie

Ingredients:

1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup milk
2 (3.4 ounce) packages cheesecake flavor instant pudding mix
1⁄2 tsp grated lemon peel
8 ounces frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip), thawed, divided
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (6 ounce) graham cracker crust
Pistachio nuts, to serve

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, mix ricotta cheese and milk until blended.

2. Add pudding mix and lemon peel. Beat for 2 minutes until thickened.

3. Stir half of the whipped topping into the ricotta mixture then stir in the chocolate chips.

4. Pour filling into pie crust and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.

5. To serve, garnish each slice with some of the remaining whipped topping and a few pistachios.

Serves 8

Recipe from Taste Of Home

Short song time.

I’m really taken with the word ‘Affable’ after a season one episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which Larry David insults a man with an affirmative action comment. “I was just trying to be affable”. lol

After that Affable Fascism let’s move on to an affable sweet song.

“I love to hear laughter
filtered through walls
I love when she’s happy
I love her, that’s all”

Check out Cool Jerks on Bandcamp where you can get their music.

Learn more about Rubblebucket on Bandcamp where you can buy their music.

Cheers!