Ice Cream Cake Parfait

Ice Cream Cake Parfait

Create a Second Dessert With Leftover Cake!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

leftover chocolate cake, small cubes

chocolate chip ice cream

3/4 cup heavy cream

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 tsp butter

whipped cream (optional)

Cooking Tools

Bain Marie 

Directions
In a Bain Marie add water to the bottom half and place the top half on top and place on berner on medium high heat.  whisk together chocolate chip and heavy cream until melted into a thick creamy chocolate sauce.  Add in a pat of butter and whisk until melted, this will make the sauce nice and glossy.  In a serving glass or bowl, add; cubed chocolate cake, ice cream scoops, then top with chocolate ganache, then add a second layer. top with whip cream (optional).
Serves 4

Cannoli Parfait With Mini Cannoli

Cannoli Parfait With Mini Cannoli
Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 3-4 hours

Cooking Time: 

Ingredients
4 cups ricotta cheese
1 cup marscarpone cheese
freshly grated nutmeg to taste
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
1 cup of sliced almonds
1 cup chopped pistachios
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
mini cannoli shells( 1 dozen to a box)

Cooking Tools

Small mixing bowl

Piping bag

6 Martini glasses

A better picture of the layers of the parfait!

Directions
In a mixing bowl add ricotta, marscarpone, powdered sugar, vanilla and grated nutmeg. Mix ingredients with whisk until well incorporated
Set 6 cannoli shells to fill with cannoli filling
Take the rest of the cannoli shells and place them in a zip lock bag and crush to the consistency of graham cracker meal
Place cannoli filling in piping bag for easy filling.
Pipe in the cannoli filling in the 6 cannoli shells, dip the filled shell openings in the chocolate chip, pistachios or almond.  Set aside and chill ( for the top of parfait).
Take 6 martini glasses and fill each one in layers starting with the crushed cannoli for the bottom, then the cheese filling, chocolate chips, again cheese filling, chopped pistachios, cheese filling the finally the sliced almonds.  Chill in refrigerator for several hours to firm up.  before serving, place filled cannoli shell on top of parfait.
Serves 6