Food & Wine
Strawberry cream cheese parfait
These creamy and smooth strawberry parfaits taste as good as they look! Filled with cream and the sweet strawberries, they make a decadent dessert.
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 4 cups sliced strawberries, divided
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
- ½ cup low-fat cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup amaretti cookie crumbs (about 8 cookies)
- ½ cup frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed
Method:
- Place 2 cups of strawberry slices and granulated sugar in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth. Set this aside for now.
- Combine ricotta, cream cheese, powdered sugar and water in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons cookie crumbs into each of 4 parfait glasses.
- Top each portion with 2 tablespoons strawberry puree, 1/4 cup strawberry slices, and 3 tablespoons ricotta mixture; repeat the layers. Drizzle the remaining strawberry puree over each serving. Chill for 2 hours.
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