A visit to Mike’s Pastry in Boston shaped my guidelines for all future cannoli – 1.) It must have a crisp shell, 2.) It has to be filled with lightly sweetened ricotta, and 3.) Not a requirement, but if there are pistachios or mini chocolate chips dotting the ends, it’ll get bonus points in my Cannoli Hall of Fame Scrapbook (not a real thing / should be). Even though I went rogue and used strawberries instead of shells here (it’s too hot to turn on the oven and bake shells), I still met 2 out of my 3 requirements. Not too shabby.

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