# Cannoli

Traditional Sicilian cannoli with crispy fried shells and a sweet, creamy ricotta filling.

- Servings: 1 batch
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dessert
- Diet: vegetarian
- Language: en

## 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)

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- pasta rolling machine
- oval pastry cutter
- bamboo rods
- cooking pot
- sieve
- mixing bowl
- knife

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1JoBgwF7GQ/
- Creator: Pasta Grannies
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/66c0333c-e9ce-4161-bd50-5ee24c95c5e8
- Extracted: 2026-09-07

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