My uncle wanted me to try making cannoli. (That is the plural. If it's just one, you've got a cannolo.) I'd never eaten them before, but how could I say no?
I bought the Soprano's Family Cookbook, some cannoli tubes and got started. The shell is a little bit of cocoa and cinnamon and flour mixed with white wine. After rolling out with a pasta machine, you shape it with the cannoli tube.
And deep fry it. Yum.
The white wine helps create the bubbly texture of the shell.
The filling is a sweet ricotta cheese cream with chocolate shavings. The shells got soggy after a few hours, but there weren't that many left by then!
I'm glad I tried these sweet little guys. They may have replaced cream puffs as my favorite dessert. Nah, I have room in my heart for both!
We made cannoli's over the weekend too, but we just used wanton wrappers and fried them. They were good, but clearly not as good as yours probably turned out. Dusty is the luckiest husband on the planet!
ReplyDeleteIf you have a pasta machine, try the dough. I'll send you the recipe. It's really easy, and delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me, I have NO pasta machine.... :(
ReplyDeleteTell Nathan to get you a pasta machine!
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