My husband found cannoli tubes at the Italian store and decided he would make cannoli for Sunday dinner!
Looking at three different recipes, two from cookbooks, the "Friends of Don Orione Cookbook" and the other from "Good Housekeeping Around the world cookbook" along with a youtube video found that the recipes are very similar. Today, I saw this recipe on Facebook
Sicilian Cannoli
Pastry
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups
- 4 T lard
- 1 tsp icing sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cocoa
- pinch of salt
- 30 ml vinegar
- 30 ml marsala
- 1 egg
Filling
- Creamy Ricotta
- sugar to taste
- garnish; chocolate chips, pistachio, glazed oranges, maraschino cherries etc
Method
- Sift dry ingredients
- Add the lard
- Mix in beaten egg
- Add vinegar and Marsala gradually to form a soft dough, did need another oz of marsala for a soft dough
- Wrap and chill for an hour or overnight
The process is very much like making pasta dough.
- For the filling, drain the ricotta overnight
- then add your chosen garnish
- Roll out small pieces using a rolling pan
- Cut out circles using a cookie cutter or a glass
- Wrap the circles around the cannoli tubes
- Seal the ends with beaten egg
- Heat the oil to 325 to 350 degrees F
- Cook for about 2 minutes
Fill the shells just before serving to keep the shells crisp!
Family style serving is the best! Roasted garden fresh Potato Salad, Beet Rolls simmered in a creamy dill sauce, Bourdin marinated Rib Steak. For the girls; mozzarella, bing cherry, apple and pork tenderloin Stuffed Buns.
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| Bourdin marinated rib steak! |
The cannoli were delicious but the ricotta needed to be drained first or whipped cream could have corrected those ends!
The grandkids enjoyed the cannoli. Yes, finger licking good!
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