Categories: Dips, Fruits, Low-fat, Desserts 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
     15 oz Fat-free ricotta cheese 
      2 tb Sugar 
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 
  1 1/2 ts Grated orange peel 
    3/4 ts Ground cinnamon 
  
  A lightened recipe for the traditional filling for cannoli, the classic 
  Sicilian sweet pastry.  This dip is delicious on fresh fruit such as melon 
  spears, peach wedges, strawberries and grapes. 
   
  Combine all ingredients in processor and puree until very smooth. Transfer 
  to bowl.  (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead.  Cover and refrigerate.) 
   
  Per 2-tablespoon serving: calories, 40; fat, 0; sodium, 38 mg; cholesterol, 
  0 
   
  Source: Richard Sax and Marie Simmons in: Bon Appetit (June 1993) Typed for 
  you by Karen Mintzias