Cannoli quesadilla with strawberry sauce
9
Points®
Total time: 11 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 1 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Top off this Italian-inspired specialty with a simple strawberry sauce or just sliced strawberries.
Ingredients
Fat-free ricotta cheese
8 oz
Sugar substitute
3 tbsp(s), calorie free sweetener such as Splenda or Sweet'N Low
Almond extract
¼ tsp(s)
Mini chocolate chips
¼ cup(s)
Whole wheat tortilla
4 medium
Sweetened frozen whole strawberries
5 oz, partially thawed and pureed (1/2 a 10 oz package), or whole sliced strawberries if you prefer
Instructions
1
Mix together ricotta cheese, sugar substitute and almond extract by hand in a large bowl until well-combined and smooth; gently fold in chocolate chips. Chill for at least 2 hours (and up to overnight); drain off any liquid.
2
To soften tortillas, wrap them in layers of paper towels and then microwave them on high for 30 seconds.
3
Place about 1/4 cup of cheese mixture down the center of each cooled tortilla; fold tortilla over in half (or roll up burrito-style). Drizzle each serving with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of strawberry sauce or top with fresh strawberry slices; serve immediately. =
4
Yields 1 cannoli per serving.
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