Italian Cannolis
Categories: NoneServes: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
- -----------------------------------SHELL-----------------------------------
- 1 1/3 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 2 tb Sugar
- 1 Egg; slightly beaten
- 1/4 c Dry Sauterne
- 2 tb Firm butter or margarine;
- -cut into small pieces
- 1 Egg white; slightly beaten
- Shortening or salad oil for
- -deep fry
- ---Basic Chocolate
- -Chip/Ricotta Filling---
- 2 lb Ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 c Unsifted powdered sugar
- 4 ts Vanilla
- 1 1/4 c Milk chocolate chips
- ---Fluffy Chocolate
- -Chip/Ricotta Filling---
- 1 lb Ricotta cheese
- 3/4 c Unsifted powdered sugar
- 2 ts Vanilla
- 3/4 c Milk chocolate chips
- 1 c Whipping cream
Instructions:
Basic Chocolate Chip/Ricotta Filling Instructions: Beat cheese until
smooth. Add vanilla and beat in sugar. Mix in chocolate chips. Cover --
chill several hours or as long as 3 days.
Shells: Blend flour with salt and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in center,
place whole egg and butter in well. Stir with fork; add wine, 1 tablespoon
at a time, until dough begins to cling together. Use hands to form into a
ball; cover and let stand 15 minutes. Roll dough out onto floured board
until about 1/16-inch thick. Cut into 3 (1/2-inch) circles. With rolling
pin, roll circles into ovals. Wrap each oval around aluminum cannoli tube.
Seal the edge with egg white. Turn back the ends to flare slightly. Heat
2-inches of oil in a deep sauce- pan to 350 degrees. Fry 2 to 3 shells at a
time for 1 minute, or until lightly golden. Remove cannoli with tongs to
drain and let cool about 10 to 15 seconds. Then slip out the tube, handling
shells carefully.
Note: This filling is lighter, but richer. Follow directions for basic
chocolate chip filling, then beat cream until stiff and fold into the
chocolate and cheese mixture. To serve, use a plain large pastry tube to
force Ricotta filling into cannoli shells. Remember fill only the number of
cannoli you plan to serve at once.
Note: To make this recipe, you will need 2 to 3 aluminum cannoli tubes. The
unfilled shells and the basic filling can each be stored separately in
airtight containers for up to 3 days. But once the shells are filled, they
need to be served immediately to retain crispness.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 553 by "Diane Geary."
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