Ricotta Ice Cream Cannoli dipped in Nutella

Everyone loves a good creamy ricotta cannoli...But this got me thinking...its summer...I loooovvveee ice-cream.... I loooovvveeeee ice-cream sandwiches.....so how can I make a "new" type of ice-cream  sandwhich. O, and of course I looooovveeee Cannolis - well that's how I came up with my Ricotta Ice-cream cannoli!

In a few steps, and a few "freezing" hours - you'll have some creamy creamy ice-cream sandwhiches.

Homemade ice-cream......Yes, yes , yes, you can make ice-cream at home, without an ice-cream maker! All you need is a cold freezer and your all set. This summer I will be sharing a few of my favourites such as Nutella and Blueberry Creamy Ice-cream.

So try making your own ice-cream this weekend.....you will be pretty pleased with yourself....and your loved ones will be pretty happy to savour this homemade ice-cream!

What you'll need:

300g of Ricotta

3/4 cups of Sweet Condensed Milk

3/4 cup of 35% Whipping Cream

1/3 cup of Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips

15-20 Cannoli shells - 25-30 mini Cannoli shells (You can get these at any Italian Bakery)

3 Tbsp of Nutella

2 Tsp of Crisco

What you'll do:

In a stand mixer, mix together the ricotta and the condensed milk, set aside.

Make the whipping cream, by mixing on high cream for about 5 mins. Once you have stiff peaks, fold in your ricotta mixture. Add the chocolate chips.

In a glass container with a tight lid, freeze in the freezer for 40 mins.

After 40 mins, mix the ice-cream mixture again, and put back in the freezer for another 90 mins.

Now to prepare the Nutella dipped cannoli.

On a double broiler ***, melt your Nutella and Crisco, mix very well, until they are both perfectly combined and completely melted.

Take your cannoli and dip one end (or both) in the Nutella mixture, and cool on a cooling rack; they should cool about 20-30 mins.

When the ice-cream is firm but not frozen, fill your cannolis with the Ricotta ice-cream, add some more chocolate chips to each end, if you want, And place back in the freezer for at least 40 mins -an hour! Let rest 5 mins before serving in room temperature.

That's it! You have just made home-made ice-cream! And best of all home-made ice-cream cannoli!

Enjoy!!

***Make your own double broiler by adding some water in a deep sauce pan, and adding a glass bowl on top of the sauce pan, covering the hole.