Traditional Sicilian Cannoli

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 3/4 cup marsala
• egg , for sealing
• oil (for frying)
• 5 cups ricotta cheese
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 orange rind, grated/zest
• mini chocolate chip

Recipe

• 1 shells: in a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
• 2 add butter and marsala.
• 3 knead dough on lightly floured surface until well mixed.
• 4 wrap dough in saran wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.
• 5 roll out dough very thin.
• 6 cut dough into rounds using a 4 inch cookie cutter.
• 7 roll each round again until very thin.
• 8 roll each round around a cannoli tube, tightly, and seal with egg .
• 9 fry in hot oil, turning, until golden.
• 10 drain on paper towels and let cool.
• 11 gently twist cannoli tube to remove shell.
• 12 cool completely.
• 13 filling: mix together (by hand with wooden spoon) all filling ingredients.
• 14 keep covered in the refrigerator until your shells are cooled and ready to fill.
• 15 fill pastry bag with filling.
• 16 use a plain or open star tip.
• 17 insert tip to center of shell and fill to one end and then repeat this step on the other end.
• 18 dust with confectioners' sugar.