You all know how much I love pistachios. I mean it’s a love like no other. It surpasses my love of turtles even, and you all know how crazy I am about turtles. Pistachios are my go to snack. My favourite thing to munch on while watching a t.v. show or a movie. I love using them in baking. Any excuse to crack open some pistachios is a good day in my book.
When Aurora Importing sent me some cannoli shells I knew exactly what I was going in them. I knew it just had to be something pistachio. I knew I could just dunk the ends of the cannoli’s in chopped pistachios but that just wasn’t going to float my pistachio boat enough. I wanted more. So I decided to add flavour to the filling. I made two batches. One traditional batch using a wonderful recipe by Grace’s Sweet Life. She makes a wicked good cannoli filling using ricotta which I loved. Mini-me however is not a ricotta fan so I decided to make a batch using whipped cream instead. Then I made the leap to adding a hint of pistachio flavour to the whipped cream. Then I dunked the ends in chopped pistachio. In my world if a little pistachio is good then a lot of pistachio is even better. It’s a good motto to have. More pistachio makes a happier Lunatic.
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy (whipping) cream
- 2 tablespoons pistachio pudding mix, unprepared
Instructions
- In a stand mixer (or use a bowl with a hand mixer) using the whisk attachment, beat the whipping cream until light and fluffy. I usually start slow until it thickens a little otherwise it will splash all over your kitchen.
- Once it's light and fluffy, add the dry pudding mix and mix until well combined.
- Scoop the filling into a piping bag with a large tip.
- Pipe the filling into your cannoli shells.
- Dip both ends of each cannoli in the chopped pistachios.
- Place in the fridge for about an hour.
- Serve with a big old pistachio smile!
These are the bomb. I know we all use that phrase way too much. In this case however it’s wickedly true. They are so good. I could eat them all up by myself. Not that I did or anything. I mean who would do that. *wipes pistachio cream off her face*
Now I know it’s not a traditional cannoli filling. If you want one of those I would head over to Grace’s Sweet Life and use her recipe like I did. It’s fantastic. She has a cookbook too, which I don’t have but it’s on my list of must have’s for 2013.
I’ve worked with Aurora Importing before and completely love their products. So when we talked about working together again I was thrilled. They know I am a pistachio fan so they also sent me a Fiasconaro Dolce Verde Pistachio Italian Christmas Cake. It’s similar to panettone but loaded with pistachios and comes with a pistachio cream you spread on top. It’s divine, a pistachio lovers dream come true. The lovely folks at Aurora Importing offered to give away 1 of these bad boys to one of my readers. So if you like pistachios, and who amongst us does not, we’d love for you to enter.
Pistachio Pannetone courtesy of Aurora Importing.
Giveaway Closed, Winner has been drawn. Thanks to everyone who entered!
To enter please leave a comment.
For additional entries please do any of the following:
Like Cravings of a Lunatic on Facebook, leave a separate comment saying you did so.
Like Aurora Importing on Facebook, leave a separate comment saying you did so.
Follow me on Twitter, leave a separate comment with your twitter handle so I can follow you back.
Follow Aurora Importing on Twitter, leave a separate comment with your twitter handle so I can verify.
Tweet about the giveaway and make sure to tag both @CravingsLunatic and @AuroraImporting, leave a separate comment with your twitter handle so I can verify.
Giveaway is open to Canadian Residents only. Sorry US and International friends. Giveaway will close on January 3, 2013 at midnight. Winner will be notified by email and has 72 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn.
Almost ready to be sliced into!
Aurora Importing is such a great company. I encourage you to visit their blog as well. It has lots of cool recipes and information. You can also check out their Aurora Youtube Channel. They also have a Recipedeo Youtube channel that’s wicked cool.
I would also like to extend an invite for you all to stop back on Saturday when I will be sharing my olive oil tasting with you and giving away a Frantoi Cutrera Specialty Tasting Box. I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome these oils are. I look forward to sharing my thoughts on it with you on Saturday. With lots of photos.
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Yum! The cannoli’s look amazing! I am a huge pistachio lover!! The cake looks incredible!
Thanks Jennifer. I adore a good cannoli.
I like you on FB!
Thanks so much.
I like Aurora Importing on FB
Thank you so much Jennifer.
I follow you on Twitter!
I still don’t quite get twitter but I’m learning to like it. Lol.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter!
Appreciate that Jennifer.
Tweeted your giveaway!
Thanks for tweeting.
I wish I lived in Canada!
I wished you did too.
I am so drooling over this. Pistachios and I go back a long time, to the days when eating them left you with red fingers, lips and tongue.
I always like to hear that. I used to love the red ones. Always felt like you were misbehaving a little bit or something.
oh yummmm! Pistachios are gourmet food
They are indeed.
I like you on facebook too
Thanks April.
I liked cravings of a lunatic on FB.
Thanks Robin.
I liked Aurora Importing on FB.
Thank you for that Robin.
I can’t wait to make these cannoli!
Hope you like them.
I followed you on Twitter @raechef2
Thank you so much Robin.
I followed Aurora Importing on Twitter @raechef2.
Thanks for the follow.
Sounds amazing. I’m a huge fan of cannoli anything and my kids are little pistachioholics, so this is just perfect for us.
They are so good. I’m such a nut about pistachios. Love those things.
What a great post…we love working with you Kim and are always so pleased at what you come up with. Glad you liked the Cannoli Shells and good luck to everyone for giveaway!!!
Thanks so much. It’s such a pleasure to work with you. I had way too much fun with the package you sent. Everything was wonderful. xx
Wow! Those look wonderful, both the cannoli’s and cake. I may try the cannoli recipe as my husband loves pistachio…..hopefully we can share and not eat them all ourselves!
Hope you love them. They are so easy to make. And delicious to eat.
Your cannoli look PERFECT, KimBee!!! I’m so glad you have such a wonderful giveaway for you Canucks
Thanks Liz. So much fun to do a Canadian giveaway.
I can see that they are the bomb. I wish I could enter the contest because I would love to try that panettone but we have other advantages to living in New Zealand. LOL.
I wish you could too. Trust me I feel your pain. Most giveaways exclude us Canucks so I know how you feel. I lol’d at the last sentence. I have a funny feeling you’re not looking out a window to a yard full of snow right now so you are one lucky duck.
The cannoli and cake look yummy.
Thank you Kathy.
I like Aurora Importing on facebook.
Thanks so much Kathy.
How adorable these cannoli are?! Love pistachios too though cannot bring into house due to allergies. Great job. I should try making cannolii myself sometimes.
Oh big old bummer. We’re like that with seafood, mini-me very allergic. You should, it’s not overly hard.
Love these cannolis! They actually sound like they would be less heavy than traditional cannolis!
Thanks. They are much lighter and dare I say, fluffy.
Like Cravings of a Lunatic on FB
Thanks for the follow Asiya.
Like Aurora Importing on FB
Thank you.
Follow Cravings of a Lunatic on Twitter
Thank you so much.
Follow Aurora Importing on Twitter
Thank you Asiya.
Tweeted about the giveaway @AsiyaBaig
Appreciate the tweet.
Cannoli are my all time favorite dessert! I live this pistachio filling. I just want to eat it with a spoon
They are just the perfect little pastry. Something so adorable about cannoli. I pretty much did eat a lot of it with a spoon. It might have been a little sad how much I ate with a spoon.
I love pistachios!! What a great idea for a cannoli!!
Thank you. I took two loves and combined them. Super good.
I follow you on Twitter!
Thanks Stephanie. Twitter still puzzles me but I’m learning…slowly.
And I like you on Facebook!
Yah for likes.
We love pistachios! Thanks for offering the giveaway. These cannoli look wonderful.
I feel the same way. Eat them way too often. But they are just so good. Good luck and thank you. xx
I like Cravings of a Lunatic on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy the page. Always silliness happening on there.
I like Aurora Importing on Facebook.
Thank you MaryB.
I love love love cannoli! And pistachios! This sounds amazing, Kim!
Thanks so much Kate. I really have a weakness for both but needed something mini-me might eat. She’s a tricky one.
Oh my gosh, I love pistachios so much too! I love cannolis just as much
Hope you are having a happy holiday!!
They are a perfect combination. Glad to know I’m not the only one obsessed with pistachios. I’m having a lovely holiday season. Hope you are as well.
Pistachios have such great flavor! Lately we’ve been eating a ton of Spumoni ice cream, in part because we enjoy the pistachio in it. Great idea to use as a cannoli filling. Good stuff – thanks.
Love Spumoni, it’s divine. I am a pistachio, well, nut for lack of a better word. It’s just so good. I munch on pistachios almost daily. They are my guilty pleasure, yet somehow I feel absolutely no guilt. Thanks for visiting John.
Looks great! Thank you for the giveaway!
Thanks for stopping by.
Looks good! Never heard of using pistachios as an ingredient in a recipe, I only eat them from the shell. Would love to try this cake.
Pistachios are amazing in all kinds of things. Cakes, baked goods, even rice. I find any excuse to use them. They’re also really good in biscotti.
followed you on twitter – @kanuk81
Thank you.
Followed Aurora Importing on twitter as well – @kanuk81
Thank you for the follow.
“Liked” you on Facebook
Thanks for the like.
Also “liked” Aurora Importing on facebook
Thanks for entering.
This looks delicious!
Thank you Suzanne.
Liked Cravings of a lunatic
Thanks for the like Suzanne.
Liked Aurora on FB
Thanks for that Suzanne.
PISTACIO PANETTONE?? Good Lord….I’ve gone to heaven!
It’s so fabulous. Heaven indeed.
This looks divine! Mmmmmm pistachios….they should be their own food group….
They really should. I treat them like they are. Kim’s world.
Mmmmm pistachios….they should be a food group!
They really should. Totally agreed.
A Canadian blog with lots of giveaways? Sold! (This is my first comment, so I don’t know whether your commenting font is always pistachio coloured – either way it made me grin..
Lol, thanks. So glad you like it here. There’s another one coming at you within a day. I laughed my head off over the pistachio coloured font, never occurred to me before.
Pistachios and cannolis – a match made in heaven!
It really is. Love this combo.
I like Cravings of a Lunatic on Facebook
(Natalie T)
Thank you for the like Natalie.
I like Aurora Importing on Facebook.
(Natalie T)
Thanks Natalie.
I like you on Twitter
(@torlonias)
Thanks for following on Twitter.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter
(@torlonias)
Yah for twitter.
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/torlonias/status/286646040541659136
Thanks for the tweet.
Never tried a pannetone before but this one looks delicious!
They are super good. I really love them.
I follow you on Twitter.
@privyseel
Thank you Rachelle.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter.
@privyseel
Thanks so much Rachelle.
Those cannolis look fantastico! I could eat an entire plateful.
Thanks Peter. I pretty much did.
I follow CravingsLunactic on Twitter — @cheerpali
Thanks for following Peter.
I follow AuroraImporting on Twitter — @cheerpali
Thank you Peter.
Tweet — @cheerpali
https://twitter.com/cheerpali/status/286852983952662530
Thank you for tweeting. Appreciate it.
Thanks for the great receipe, i love pistachio!
You are most welcome. I love pistachio too. My fave thing to eat really.
I like Cravings of a Lunatic on FB (Carole B.)
Thank you Carole B.
Hi Carole. You are the lucky winner of the giveaway. Can you get in touch with me at cravingsofalunatic@gmail.com please. We just need to verify you are a Canadian resident and then your prize can be shipped. Congratulations. Look forward to hearing from you. Kim
Thank You Kim Bee!
I like Aurora Importing on FB (Carole B.)
Thank you for the follow for Aurora.
I follow you on Twitter @gangadog
Thanks for following on twitter.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter @gangadog
Thank you for following Aurora on twitter.
Sorry wrong tweet, here’s the right one! https://twitter.com/gangadog/status/286882524012089344
Lol, no worries. Thanks for the tweet.
Would love to make this, just wondering where I can buy pistachio pudding mix?
I buy the jello brand at the local grocery store. Jello makes pudding as well as gelatin.
I follow you on Twitter
@suevogues
Thanks for the twitter follow.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter
@suevogues
Thanks for the follow Brigitte.
Tweet
https://twitter.com/suevogues/status/286961393352204288
Thank you so much for tweeting.
Thanks for the recipe, pistachios are so yummy!
You are welcome. Agreed, love them way too much.
I like Cravings of a Lunatic on Facebook
name – Jay Tee
Thanks Jay Tee.
I like Aurora Importing on Facebook.
name – Jay Tee
Thanks for the Aurora FB like.
I follow you on Twitter
name – @lizzysdarcy
Thank you.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter
name – @lizzysdarcy
Thanks for the Aurora twitter follow.
Tweet
https://twitter.com/lizzysdarcy/status/286972151205076992
Thanks for tweeting.
Love pistachio! and like Aurora Importing on FB
Me too. Thanks for the follow.
This recipes looks great, not too complicated (just up my alley). Will try it for Valentine’s Day.
I tend to like easy recipes. Too many other things to do in a day.
I follow you on Twitter
@thinflexi
Thanks for the twitter follow.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter
@thinflexi
Thank you so much Jonathan.
Tweet
https://twitter.com/thinflexi/status/287031311049314304
Thanks for tweeting.
Cannoli + pistachios = YUM!
Thanks.
I follow you on Twitter @veeships
Thanks for the follow.
I follow Aurora Importing on Twitter @veeships
Thank you so much.
My tweet
https://twitter.com/veeships/status/287053467581820929
Thanks for tweeting.
Giveaway Closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. Kim Bee