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Cannoli Filling

"A simple filling for Italian cannoli cookies using ricotta cheese and citron fruit."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Cannoli Filling

Why it works: Ricotta cheese and sugar work together. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 362 recipes. Both carry hexanal, which smells grass, green. The science ↓

Cannoli Filling

16 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

223Calories
11 gProtein
10 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Ricotta cheese + sugartop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together362 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (grass, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs