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Cannoli - 1

Cuisine: Italian
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Dough
2 3/4 cups 171g / 6ozAll-purpose flour - sifted
2 tablespoons 30mlSugar
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter
1   Egg - beaten
2/3 cup 157mlMarsala wine - or sherry or sweet w
1   Egg white
  Oil - for frying
  Filling
1 lb 454g / 16ozRicotta cheese
2 cups 396g / 13ozConfectioner's sugar - sifted
1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozCandied fruit - chopped fine *
2 oz 56gBittersweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons 30mlAmaretto - or maraschino liqueu

Recipe Instructions

* mixed with candied cherries. Dough: Mix flour and sugar and cut in butter. Add egg and wine gradually then form mixture into a ball. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Cover and let stand for at least 1 hour. Filling: Press ricotta cheese through a sieve into a mixing bowl. Add sugar, reserving 2 tablespoons. Add candied fruits with cherries and chocolate chips. Chill in refrigerator. Meanwhile on a floured surface, roll dough into paper-thin rounds approximately 4 inches in diameter. Wrap around cannoli tubes (* see below) which have been brushed with olive oil. Brush egg white on flap to seal. Heat oil to 380F and deep fry dough. Drain on several layers of paper towels. Cool, then carefully slide out metal tubes. When ready to serve, and not before, as dough will become soggy, pipe in filling

through the largest nozzle of a pastry bag. Place several chocolate chips in filling at each end. Dust with remaining confectioners sugar and serve immediately. Serves 6-8. * Cannoli tubes are metal cylinders 5 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. They can be purchased at most kitchen supply stores.

Source:
Mario Batali

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