I fried the tortillas for these Lemon Ricotta Dessert Stacks.  They turn out best for if you poke holes in them with a fork before frying. I also used a fork to press down on them while frying so they wouldn’t have bubbles or get too puffy. You can cut down on calories by baking them instead. Again I would recommend poking holes in them with a fork before baking.

Assemby is quick and easy; you can leave them in the fridge covered for up to 24 hours before serving. If you want to get really festive you could add red and green sprinkles and they would like little mini Christmas trees!

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Lemon Ricotta Dessert Stacks

Course Dessert

Author Made From Pinterest

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 - 3 tbls powdered sugar use 1 to 3 tbsp depending on how sweet you want your filling to be
• 3/4 tsp lemon juice
• zest of 1 or 2 lemons - I like two lemon zests for extra tartness
• 1/4 cup cold heavy cream - for ricotta mixture
• 1/4 cup cold heavy cream to fill raspberries and top of dessert cups
• 1 package TortillaLand flour tortillas
• extra powdered sugar for dusting
• fresh raspberries for the top of your dessert cups

Instructions

• For the Filling
• In a mini food processor or blender combine the ricotta, powdered sugar, lemon juice and zest. Blend well.
  
• Whip the whipping cream until stiff peaks form and fold into the ricotta mixture.
  
• For the Flour Flowers
  
• Stack 3 TortillaLand tortillas on a cutting board, use a flower cookie cutter to cut out 5 flowers per dessert cup.
  
• Use a fork to poke six holes in each flower. Fry in hot oil until golden brown.
  
• Lay on paper towels and blot off excess oil. Allow to cool completly
  
• For assembly
• Dip the petals of the flowers in powdered sugar.
  
• Put a spoonfull of lemon ricotta mixture on one flower flour tortilla. Place another flower flour tortilla over the lemon ricotta mixture. Repeat until you have 4 layers.
  
• Place a small cluster of lemon zest on the top flower flour tortilla, add a dollop of whipped cream.
  
• Slice a very small piece off the bottom of each raspberry so they will sit evenly on top of your dessert cups. Fill with whip cream and top with a small amount of lemon zest. Place filled raspberry on top of the lemon zest and whipped cream dollop.
  
• Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.

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I tasted my first homemade tortilla when our family was on vacation dirt bike riding at Mike’s Sky Ranch in Baja Mexico. I was about 9 or 10 years old and had wandered to the back door of the lodge. I stood at the door watching in awe as several ladies made corn and flour tortillas by hand. Eventually, one of them noticed me standing at the door and smiled. I must have looked hungry because she took a warm tortilla spread it with butter, rolled it up and handed it to me. I told her “gracias” (the only Spanish I knew at the time) and devoured the warm tortilla.

I didn’t know something as simple as a tortilla could taste so delicious. I managed to show up at the back door of the lodge every evening for the rest of our vacation. I always walked away with one or two warm buttered tortillas in my hand and a big smile on my face.Those sweet ladies from the lodge unknowingly taught me how incredible a homemade tortilla can taste. For years, I have craved the taste of light fluffy homemade tortillas. While on one of my oh so many regular trips to Costco I found TortillaLand tortillas in the refrigerator section. 

TortillaLand tortillas are uncooked and made with five simple ingredients, wheat/corn flour, water, canola oil, salt, and sugar. They fluff up when you cook them and have the fresh homemade taste and texture like the homemade tortillas I had years ago at Mike’s Sky Ranch. I’m hooked! I decided to create these Salted Chocolate Caramel Tortilla Chips as a special appetizer for this holiday season.
You can find out if your local Costco Club carries this product by visiting www.tortillafan.com and putting your zip code in the club finder. Additional recipes using TortillaLand tortillas from our fellow bloggers can also be found at Tortilla Fan.

Instructions for Salted Chocolate Caramel Tortilla Chips

Use star cookie cutters to cut tortilla into star-shaped chips. Using a fork to poke holes in each star tortilla.

Fry tortilla shapes in hot oil until golden brown. Place on paper towel and blot off excess oil. Cool completely.

Place flour tortilla starts on parchment or wax paper. Drizzle melted caramel over tortilla chips. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Drizzle melted chocolate over tortilla chips and sprinkle lightly with Sea Salt again.

Allow caramel and chocolate to cool completely before stacking on a plate or platter to avoid sticking.

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Salted Chocolate Caramel Tortilla Chips

Course Appetizer

Author Made From Pinterest

Ingredients

• 1 package Tortilla LandFlour Tortilla
• 1 bag caramels
• 1 tbsp water
• 8 oz chocolate chips
• Sea Salt

Instructions

• Cut TortillaLand Flour Tortillas out in 3 different sizes of star shapes.
  
• Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Drain excess oil off with paper towels.
  
• In a medium sauce pan melt 16 caramel squares with 1 tblsp water. Drizzle caramel over cooled tortilla chips.
  
• Sprinkle a small amount of sea salt over drizzled caramel before it hardens.
• Melt 8 oz chocolate chips and drizzle over tortilla chips.
  
• Sprinkle additional salt over melted chocolate.
• Allow to cool completely be for placing chips on a plate or platter so they will not stick together.

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