Food Network: Cannoli alla Siciliana

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Cannoli alla Siciliana
Recipe courtesy Vincent and Joseph Termini, Termini Brothers Bakeries, Philadelphia

Ingredients
Shells:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons shortening
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup Marsala
1 egg white
Vegetable oil, for deep frying

Directions

Combine the flour, cinnamon, shortening, sugar and
salt, and wetting gradually with the wine, knead together with fingers until
rather hard dough or paste is formed. Form into a ball, cover with a cloth and let
stand for about 1 hour. Cut dough in half and roll half of the dough into a thin
sheet about 1/4-inch thick or less and cut into 4-inch ovals.
Place a metal tube diagonally across each oval lengthwise. Wrap dough around tube
by overlapping the 2 sides, sealing the overlapping sides with a little egg white.
Meanwhile heat vegetable oil in a large deep pan for deep frying. Drop 1 or 2 of
the tubes at a time into the hot oil, fry gently on all sides until dough turns a
golden brown color. Remove from pan, let cool a little, gently remove shell from
the metal tube. Set shells aside to become cold. Repeat procedure until shells are
all made.

Ingredients

Filling:
1 1/2 pounds ricotta cheese
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 tablespoons citron peel, chopped
3 tablespoons candied orange peel, chopped

Directions
Mix the ricotta thoroughly with sifted dry
ingredients. Add two drops of vanilla and chopped fruit peel. Mix and blend well.
Chill mixture before filling shells. Fill cold shells and smooth filling evenly at
each end of the shell. Sprinkle the shells with confectioners' sugar.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Ingredients
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has
been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have
not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot
make any representation as to the results.