If you don’t know Cannoli Recipe, we present you this delicious Italian recipe! It is a sweet tubular pastry that is fried and traditionally filled with ricotta cream. But creativity is also unleashed here: the flavors of the fillings can range from savory to sweet.
If you want to know how to prepare this recipe that combines crunchiness and creaminess, we’ll show you how to prepare a delicious cannoli so you can feel like you’re in Italy without leaving your kitchen!
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/2 cups (tea) of wheat flour
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable fat
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 3 tablespoons marsala wine (approximately)
- Wheat flour for flouring
- Oil for greasing and frying
- 1 egg white for brushing
- Lemon zest, pistachio, candied fruit or sprinkles for garnish
- Icing sugar for sprinkling
Filling
- 2 cups of ricotta (mashed)
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
Preparation mode
- In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, fat and egg.
- Add the cinnamon and wine, little by little, mixing with your hands until you form a smooth and soft dough.
- If necessary, add more wine.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface until thin.
- Cut the dough into 10cm circles.
- Roll each dough circle into greased aluminum cylinders, sealing with the egg white.
- Slowly fry in hot oil until lightly browned.
- Carefully remove the dough from the cylinders and set aside.
- For the filling, place all the ingredients in the food processor and process for 2 minutes.
- Turn off and fill the straws.
- Place on a platter, decorate as you wish (lemon zest, pistachio, candied fruit, sprinkles…) and sprinkle with icing sugar.
- Serve immediately.
Preparation time: 70 minutes
Yield: 20 servings
