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Cannoli Cream with fresh Berries

Recipe By: Al Forno/Providence,RI

Serving Size: 6

11 ounces ricotta cheese, (1 1/4 cups)

1/3 cup orange marmalade

2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

1 tablespoon Grand Marnier

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 pints fresh raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries

Process the ricotta in a food processor, scraping down the sides of the bowl from time to time, for about 2 minutes, until the curds disappear and it is perfectly smooth. Add the marmalade and pulse just to combine; you want to retain some small pieces of pulp. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Fold in the chocolate, Grand Marnier, and vanilla. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 2 days. Divide the berries among 4 individual serving bowls or wine goblets. Pour the cannoli cream over the berries and serve.

 
oh now, stop it stop it stop it!! I am hosting bookclub THIS Friday and have changed my dessert 3

times already. every time I see something like this I think it is the one perfect dessert. Our strawberries are not terrific this week, so it saves me from changing to this, but I will be making it soon! I finally decided on Angel Pie that I saw on Cook's Country last weekend. I was all set to make the strawberry roll, but the strawberry situation is not great. The book is The Invention of Wings, so I thought the dessert appropriate and also black/white and easily made ahead, so 3 strikes for it. heaven help me and my lists.

 
I'm making the meringues tonight. dry enough here that they should be fine

I decided to do small individual cups. will make the chocolate mousse part Thursday night, then fill Friday.

 
what did you think about it?

I was underwhelmed by it, sadly. Although it provoked good conversations.

We are reading "A Man Called Ove" and then "Lilah"

My favorite new book is "A Little Life" - 700 pages but I couldn't put it down. It does deal with child abuse (so hard to read) but the character development and storyline is so well done

 
not Ang but I finished "Don't Let's Go to the dogs tonight", Alexandra

Fuller, and really enjoyed it. I'm late to it but it was my non-fiction book club's selection for this month.

 
you didn't think Girl on the Train was too dark? I haven't read it because of those reviews

I'm just not into dark these days. I know Invention of Wings is about slavery and such, but I didn't see it as "dark".

 
I'll let you know after Friday what we all thought. I loved it--"read" the audio book

I can remember a bookreport I did in grade school on the underground railroad(NW Indiana was a route) and I picked the book because of my long interest in this part of history.

 
I try to have fun with the menu and tie to the book.

this is what I have narrowed down:
Appetizers:
Sweet Spicy Candied Almonds(supposed to be pecans but I have lots of Almonds)
Corn dip with Frito scoops(gluten free for some)and veggie dippers
a bowl of cheezits because I don't have time for cheese straws this week. easy snacks while we gather and visit and pour wine.
Main meal:
broccoli cheese rice chicken casserole. one sister had the rice plantation.
CathyZ's orange onion green salad
Sweet potato rolls.
My refrigerator bread and butter pickles and candied jalapenos on the table, just because
Dessert:
the Angel Pie, small individuals. I was going to make the bird's nest pudding mentioned in the book, but it was just not speaking to me---the batter is much like pancake batter and maybe just too heavy for our group. (googled it and I guess it's in the Little House on the Prairie too)I'm making a few GF shortbread cookies just to experiment with the almond meal recipe on King Arthur. might use my currant jelly for thumbprints with the dough(made last night, will bake tonight)

 
It is a WONDERFUL book. The writing is beautiful and lyrical. There is a lot

of suspense also. And the historicity of it is fascinating, being so woven into a novel. I was blissfully unaware of the Grimke sisters--and maybe most especially their role in Charleston.
She is such a gifted writer. Have you read The Secret Life of Bees? Another great one.

 
Dark, yes. But three excellent readers and a good solid ending. I had just finished

"Objects of My Affections" which touched on people who use drugs/alcohol to push reality away & I'm on the last disc of "Elizabeth is Missing" which deals with heart-breaking memory loss and losing people. GOTT has several topics that overlap each of the three key characters and I appreciate when an author does that without making it overtly obvious. I guarantee this book will be made into a movie.

I listen to books during my commute & long drives and if a book can make me forget MILES of road, I call it a winner.

(But it's time for one that will make me laugh. Any suggestions?)

 
oh, I just read that...it's about living in Africa, right? I started *Leaving Before...

*...rains come" but stopped when divorce issues hit too close to home.

 
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