Cannoli

Directions

  1. 1In a mixer, combine sugar, water, lard, and vinegar.
  2. 2Add flour and mix until dough forms.
  3. 3Knead the dough by hand.
  4. 4Roll out portions of the dough using a pasta rolling machine.
  5. 5Cut the dough into oval shapes using a pastry cutter.
  6. 6Place each dough oval around a bamboo rod, sealing the edges with a bit of water.
  7. 7Deep-fry the cannoli shells in hot lard, testing the oil temperature first with a piece of dough.
  8. 8Remove the bamboo rods once the pastry shell is hard and continue frying until they are a nut-brown color.
  9. 9Set the shells aside to cool.
  10. 10Mix ricotta and sugar, then push the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve to refine.
  11. 11Stir in chocolate buttons.
  12. 12Fill the cannoli shells with the ricotta mixture using a knife and dust with icing sugar.

Ingredients

  • 50 g granulated sugar
  • 200 ml water
  • 200 g lard
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 kg zero/zero flour
  • cow's milk ricotta
  • sugar
  • chocolate buttons
  • icing sugar (optional)

Equipment

stand mixerpasta rolling machineoval pastry cutterbamboo rodscooking potsievemixing bowlknife