Sicilian Cannoli
If you love Sicily this is one of your favorite Sicilian treats! If you have never had these before, you are in for a tasty treat!
Equipment
- pasta machine
- cookie cutter
- cannoli forms
Ingredients
For the Cannoli Shells:
- 250 grams of flour
- 1 teaspoon of chocolate powder unsweetened
- 20 grams of sugar
- 1/2 cup of Marsala wine
- 20 grams of white wine vinegar
- 30 grams crisco
- 1 egg
- a pinch of salt
For the Cannoli Filling:
- 500 grams Ricotta
- 150 grams sugar
- 100 grams chocolate chips
Instructions
Making the cannoli shell dough:
- In a stand mixer, mix crisco and sugar until it is creamed together.
- Add half the flour and cocoa powder and mix until combined.
- Add the rest of the flour, marsala wine, vinegar, egg and salt.
- Mix until it becomes a dough.
- Knead it out on a clean surface and then cover with plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Once the dough has rested, cut it in half and knead it to make sure it is combined well, then roll it out with a rolling pin.
- Then pass it through a pasta machine from setting 1 to 6, depending on how thin you would like your shells. We used setting 5.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut out discs from the dough.
- Wrap the dough around the cannoli form and secure the crease with water or egg whites.
- In a large pot or pan for frying, fill with frying oil. You want enough oil to cover the cannoli shell.
- Heat the oil up to 375F.
- Carefully drop the cannoli shells into the oil. Fry until golden brown.
- Remove the cooked cannoli shell from the oil and place to drain and cool on a prepared plate with paper towels.
- wait until the cannoli shells are cool before taking out the form and re-using the form for the next batch.
Making the Cannoli Cream:
- If your ricotta is fresh, drain it in a scolapasta to get rid of the excess liquid.
- Place in the mixing bowl of your stand up mixer and add sugar.
- Mix to combine.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix just enough to combine.
- Cover the filling with plastic wrap and let it rest for an hour in the fridge.
- Place the filling into a frosting bag, or plastic bag and cut a tip off the edge, and fill the cannoli shells with the filling.
- You can top with cherries, candied oranges, really anything you would like.
- Add a sprinkle of powdered sugar and enjoy!
Cannoli’s have to be one of my most favorite things to eat. They are famous no matter where you are. Cannoli’s are the best made fresh and eaten in Palermo, but when you cannot get there, you can bring the tastes of Palermo into your home.
A few nights ago, late at night we had the idea to make cannolis for a bbq we were having the next day. We also had some wine and decided to make a video! it’s not professional but it is fun and has our personalities all over it. I hope you enjoy! And we realized that we might have to buy a video camera…..
