Ingredients
Dough:
- 2 1/2 pounds all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 whole eggs
- 2 ounces sugar
- 2 ounces vegetable shortening (recommended: Crisco)
- Pinch salt
- Pinch ground cinnamon
- Marsala wine, as needed
- Soybean oil, for deep-frying
Ricotta Cream:
- 60 ounces ricotta impastata
- 20 ounces sugar
- Liquid cream, as needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 2 drops cinnamon oil
- 1 ounce diced candied citron
- 1 ounce chocolate chips (4000 count)
Directions
For the dough: Mix together all the ingredients except the marsala. Add the marsala, as needed, to form a stiff dough. Run the dough through a dough sheeter. Cut the dough into ovals, roughly 3 by 5 inches. Wrap the dough around a wooden stick. Seal well with egg sealer. Let rest overnight.
Preheat the deep fryer filled with soybean oil to 375 degrees F.
Fry the shells until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes, and cool down on paper towel-lined sheet pan. Once cool, remove the metal or wooden sticks and store in an airtight container until ready for use.
For the ricotta cream: Mix the ricotta cheese with the sugar. Add the cream as needed. Add the vanilla extract, cinnamon oil, citron, and chocolate chips. Refrigerate until needed.
Fill each cannoli with the ricotta cream with a pastry bag or spoon.
- This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
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By DLTR
on June 20, 2011
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I like cannoli but these are something else entirely - beyond wonderful. Whenever I can get to Manhattan my first stop is Bruno's for cannoli. For sake of time, I used purchased cannoli shells. None of my guests were any the wiser. (At Bruno's they don't fill the shells until you order the cannoli. It keeps them from getting soggy.
By kristina_harris...
Syacuse, NY
on February 05, 2011
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Can anyone tell me what kind of liquid cream this recipe calls for? Can I use heavy cream? Thanks!
By fdatilo@gmail.com
on January 13, 2011
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AMAZING. The best cannoli I ever had, period.
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