Cannoli
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
8 cannoli
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
-
Pastry
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 cup any cooking wine
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
-
filling
- 2 cups ricotta cheese, well drained
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 powdered sugar (or to taste)
directions
- For pastry, cut shortening into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Fold in sugar and cinnamon.
- gradually add wine, a few drops at a time.
- Add egg.
- Mix until pastry holds together ( a few extra drops of wine may be needed(.
- Form into a ball, cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
- Divide dough into quarters.
- On lightly floured surface, roll out dough as thin as possible (about the thickness of a dime). Using a piece of cardboard as a guide, cut out an oval shape 4 or 5 inches long out of the dough.
- Loosely wrap each dough piece around metal cannoli form and seal the edges with a little milk or beaten egg white.
- Deep fry in 2' deep olive oil. Remove when golden brown, drain and cool.
- Mix together filling ingredients, spoon into a plastic zippered bag. Cut off a corner and squeeze into shells.
- Garnish as desired.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I grew up about an hour north of New York City in Connecticut, but have moved to a small town in Northern British Columbia to be with my husband. What I miss most about home is all the food variety, so I have set out on a personal quest to recreate all the tastes I miss from home.