About this dish
Crisp fried pastry tubes filled with sweetened ricotta cream, often studded with chocolate chips or candied fruit.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups flour
🧈2 tbsp butter, melted
🍷1/4 cup Marsala wine
🧀500g ricotta cheese
🍬1/2 cup powdered sugar
🍫1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
🛢️Oil, for frying
Method
Serves 31
Mix flour, melted butter, and Marsala wine into a firm dough; knead, wrap, and rest for 30 minutes.2
Roll the dough thin and cut into circles, wrapping each around a cannoli tube mold.3
Fry the shells in hot oil until golden and crisp, then cool and remove from the molds.4
Beat ricotta with powdered sugar until smooth, then fold in chocolate chips.5
Pipe the filling into the cooled shells just before serving so they stay crisp.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Cannoli originate from Sicily and are one of the island's most iconic desserts, traditionally associated with festive occasions though now enjoyed year-round across Italy and in Italian diaspora communities.
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