Food & Recipes

Sweet Cream and Cranberry Phyllo Cups

a sweet and delicious dish

When it comes to entertaining tips, I think that one of the best is to do as much as you can before your guests arrive.  Unless you have dedicated servers hosting your party or a caterer coming in to do all of the work, it can be challenging.  And that is why this dessert is the perfect dessert to add to your entertaining cookbook: you can make this dessert dish ahead of time.

As you can see from the picture, the pomegranate products elevate the look of the dessert - it actually takes on the shape of gourmet food.  People may actually think that you have gone to one of a dozen dessert schools, but nope! this is really quite easy.  So, head to the grocery to buy ricotta cheese and buy pomegranate seeds, along with the other ingredients and you can whip up this dessert in no time.  Serve this dessert in the Fall after a meal of yummy Pumpkin and Waffle Sandwich

Soon you will be dishing out the hosting tips.

cooking information

• Yield: 8
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cooking Time: 20 minutes

all ingredients

• 1 Box Bowl-Shaped Phyllo Cups
• 2 Cups Whole Milk Ricotta
• 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Vanilla
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 1 Tablespoon Sugar
• Pomegranate Seeds
• 2 Cups Pomegranate Juice
• 1 Cup Dried Cranberries
• 1 Orange, zest only

recipe instruction

1. Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees. Place your phyllo cups in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle the bowls with cinnamon and sugar. Bake 3-5 minutes.

2. In a mixing bowl combine your ricotta cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Mix and chill until service.

3.To assemble, scoop a bit of the cream mixture into the bowls, drizzle with a bit of the cranberry sauce (see below), and top with a few pomegranate seeds.

1. Zest your orange (be sure not to press too hard and get the pith – the white part). Add the orange zest and dried cranberries to the pomegranate juice. Bring the pomegranate juice to a boil and boil until the cranberries in the pomegranate juice plump.

2. Remove the cranberries from the liquid and place on top of the sweet ricotta.

cooking tips

• You can also use the cranberry mixture as a delicious item to stir in oatmeal.
• This will make more than one per person.
• Cooking like a gourmet is a state of mind.