Cannoli

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Combine the all-purpose flour, brown sugar, lemon zest, and eggs in a large mixing bowl to make the cannoli dough.
  2. 2Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest.
  3. 3Drain excess liquid from the ricotta cheese using a strainer lined with paper towels.
  4. 4Heat oil in a Dutch oven for frying.
  5. 5Dust a clean surface with flour and roll out the cannoli dough using a rolling pin.
  6. 6Cut the dough into circles.
  7. 7Wrap the dough circles around cannoli tubes, sealing the edges with egg wash.
  8. 8Fry the cannoli shells in the hot oil until golden brown.
  9. 9Remove the fried cannoli shells and place them on paper towels to drain excess oil.
  10. 10Combine the drained ricotta cheese with granulated sugar in a mixing bowl.
  11. 11Mix the ricotta and sugar with a hand mixer until creamy.
  12. 12Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips into the ricotta mixture.
  13. 13Transfer the ricotta filling into a piping bag.
  14. 14Pipe the ricotta filling into the cooled cannoli shells.
  15. 15Dip the ends of the filled cannoli into a bowl of semi-sweet chocolate chips to coat.
  16. 16Arrange the finished cannoli on a plate.
  17. 17Dust the cannoli with powdered sugar.

Ingredients

  • all-purpose flour
  • brown sugar
  • lemon zest
  • eggs
  • ricotta cheese
  • granulated sugar
  • semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • powdered sugar

Equipment

large mixing bowlgraterplastic wrapstrainerpaper towelsdutch ovenrolling pincannoli tubestongspiping baghand mixerplate