How to make Cannoli Siciliani (The Best Recipe)

Who does not know the arancini, cannoli, cassata, pasta alla norma or Sicilian pesto?

The recipes are so many, but here we will expose you a particular one, loved by everyone: the Sicilian cannoli.

Sicilian cannoli

The Sicilian cannoli have become, in the common imagination, the emblem of Sicilian sweets. Born as carnival sweets, nowadays they are easy to find throughout the year, practically in all Italian pastries.

The recipe is not one of the simplest, but the results will be great!

INGREDIENTS:

For the waffles (shells):

• 1 cups + ½ cup + 1 tbsp of flour 00
• 2 tbsp + 1 tsp of granulated sugar
• 1 oz of lard
• 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
• 50 ml of marsala liqueur
• 10 ml of vinegar
• 1 orange peel
• peanut oil

For the stuffing:

• 28.21 oz of sheep’s ricotta
• 1.4 cups of sugar

For the decoration:

• icing sugar
• candied fruit
• chocolate chips
• pistachios

RECIPE PREPARATION:

For the waffles (shells):

1. Sift the flour with cinnamon in a bowl. Add lard, sugar, grated orange peel and the whole egg.
2. Start mixing the ingredients by adding marsala liqueur and vinegar with a bit of salt.
3. Store the dough in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
4. Stir the dough and use 10 cm diameter molds to create the bases. stretch them a bit to form an oval.
5. Close the waffles by gluing them with the yolk and fry them in the oil for a few seconds until golden.

For the stuffing:

1. Let the ricotta dry from its water and mix it with the sugar until you get a homogenous cream.
2. Now, fill the waffles with ricotta cream and decorate the ends with candied fruit, pistachios or chocolate, as you prefer!