Name: Sicilian-style cannoli with sweet ricotta, chocolate and candied fruit
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Cannoli pastry; 30 gram butter; 2 tablespoon sugar; 1 egg (size 7); 3 tablespoon marsala or sherry; 2 tablespoon sugar; 170 gram white flour; 1 egg (size 7), lightly beaten; 2 litre canola oil, for deep-frying; icing sugar, to serve; chocolate sauce, to serve (optional); Filling; 500 gram good-quality fresh ricotta; 80 gram mixed peel, finely chopped; 30 gram dark chocolate, grated; 50 gram glacé cherries, finely chopped; zest of 1 orange; 15 large mint leaves, finely sliced; 30 gram hazelnuts, lightly toasted and roughly chopped; 40 gram caster sugar

Ingredients

Cannoli pastry

30 gram butter

2 tablespoon sugar

1 egg (size 7)

3 tablespoon marsala or sherry

2 tablespoon sugar

170 gram white flour

1 egg (size 7), lightly beaten

2 litre canola oil, for deep-frying

icing sugar, to serve

chocolate sauce, to serve (optional)

Filling

500 gram good-quality fresh ricotta

80 gram mixed peel, finely chopped

30 gram dark chocolate, grated

50 gram glacé cherries, finely chopped

zest of 1 orange

15 large mint leaves, finely sliced

30 gram hazelnuts, lightly toasted and roughly chopped

40 gram caster sugar

Method

1.You’ll need a metal tube about 2cm wide and 15cm long for this recipe. To make cannoli pastry, cream butter and sugar together till fluffy. Whisk in egg, marsala and sugar. Slowly add flour in three stages then knead the dough for 5 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and rest for 1 hour.

2.When ready, roll pastry out to a 2mm thickness and cut into a dozen 12cm squares. Position 1 square like a diamond and roll around metal tube. Stick outside corner down with a little beaten egg.

3.Heat canola oil to 180°C in a deep-fryer or deep saucepan. With a slotted spoon, gently place tube in hot oil and fry until pastry turns golden-brown (around 1½ minutes).

4.Lift out carefully – do not touch metal as it will be extremely hot – and drain on paper towels. When cooled, slide pastry off tube. Repeat with remaining squares.

5.Mix all the filling ingredients together in a bowl then transfer to a piping bag and fill the cannoli. Dust with icing sugar and serve with chocolate sauce, if using.

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