Cannoli
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white
- 3 tbsp dry white wine or Marsala, as needed
- Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- 12 oz (350g)ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, plus more for sifting
- 2 oz (60g) bittersweet chocolate, grated or very finely chopped
- Finely grated zest of 1 orange
- 1/3 cup finely chopped candied orange and/or lemon peel
- 8 cannoli molds
- Large saucepan
- Deep-frying thermometer
- To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
- Add the butter and rub it in until the mixture looks like bread crumbs.
- Stir in the sugar.
- Beat the egg and add to the flour mixture.
- Stir, adding enough wine to make a soft dough.
- Knead on a floured work surface until smooth.
- Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface until less than 1/8 in (3mm) thick.
- Cut into 16 x 3in (5cm) squares.
- Beat the egg white until foamy.
- Dust 4 cannoli tubes with flour.
- Wrap a pastry square loosely around each tube, with the points facing east-west.
- Dampen the overlapping pastry with egg white and press together to seal.
- Pour enough oil into a large saucepan to come halfway up the sides and heat over to 350F (180C) on a deep-frying thermometer.
- Add the cannoli and fry for 3 minutes, or until golden and crisp.
- Drain on paper towels.
- While the first batch cools, repeat with 4 more tubes and pastry squares.
- When cool enough to handle, carefully twist and pull the metal tubes out of the cannoli shells.
- Repeat to make 16 cannoli shells.
- To make the filling, mix together ricotta, confectioner's sugar, candied peel, chocolate, and orange zest.
- Spoon the filling into the shells.
- Dust with confectioner's sugar and serve immediately.
flour, salt, butter, sugar, egg, white wine, vegetable oil, cheese, s sugar, bittersweet chocolate, orange, molds, saucepan, thermometer
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/cannoli (may not work)