Cannoli

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• Pinch of salt
• ¹/₃ cup white wine
• 1 egg white, slightly beaten
• cooking oil

Ingredients for the filling

• 1 cup drained ricotta cheese
• 1 ¹/₂ cup of confectioner’s sugar
• ¹/₂ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cooking Instructions

1. Mix together the flour, sugar, melted butter, and salt.
2. Add enough wine to make a smooth, stretchable dough.
3. Knead into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Heat enough vegetable oil in a deep pan to be able to submerge the shells.
5. Roll out the dough on a well-floured board to about 1/8 of an inch thick.
6. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out as many rounds as you can.
7. Roll a cannoli around a metal shell mold.
8. Use a bit of egg white to seal the pastry around the shell mold.
9. Fry the shells on the molds by immersing it in oil until they are light brown and crisp.
10. Let the shells cool before sliding them off the molds.
11. Mix all the filling ingredients together. Blend until smooth.
12. Fill a piping bag with the filling.
13. Pipe each shell full with the filling.
14. Dust with powdered sugar.
Your Cannoli is now ready to serve!