cannoli shell recipe
Cannoli Shell Recipes
Are you planning to host a party for your friends and family? You may want to give cannoli shell recipe a try. Your guests will definitely ask for more once they have this delicious dish.
- Flour 2 cups
- Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon
- Shortening 2 tablespoons
- Sugar 1 teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- Marsala ¾ cup
- Egg White 1
- Oil for frying
- Ricotta cheese 1 ½ pounds
- Confectioner's cugar ½ cup
- Chocolate chips ½ cup
- Vanilla 1½ teaspoon
- Citron ceel (chopped) 3 tablespoons
- Orange ceel (chopped) 3 tablespoons
- Combine flour, ground cinnamon, shortening, sugar, and salt together. You can also use shortening substitute if you do not want to use shortening.
- Then add wine to the flour and knead to make a hard dough.
- Make a ball from the dough and let it stand for an hour, covered.
- Divide the dough into half and roll half of the dough into a thin sheet.
- The thickness should be ¼ inch, then cut it into 4 inch oval shaped pieces.
- Place a metal tube diagonally across each of the oval lengthwise and wrap the ovals around the tube, by overlapping the 2 sides and seal the overlapping sides with egg white.
- While you are doing this, heat oil in a deep pan for frying.
- Gently slip the tubes into the hot oil and fry till the color of the dough changes to golden brown color.
- Remove from the pan and let the tubes cool for a little white. Then remove the metal tube and set the shells aside to cool down.
- Sift the dry ingredients together and then mix them with ricotta cheese.
- Add vanilla and fruit peel to the mixture and mix well.
- Chill the mixture for 1 to 2 hours.
- Fill the cold shells with the fillings and sprinkle them with confectioner's sugar.
- Refrigerate till you are going to serve them.
- Flour 3 cups
- Sugar ¼ cup
- Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- Shortening 3 tablespoons
- Eggs (well beaten) 2
- White Vinegar 2 tablespoons
- Egg White (slightly beaten) 1
- Cold Water 2 tablespoons
- Vegetable Oil for frying
- In a large bowl, sift flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt together.
- In a blender cut shortening into pieces, about the size of peas.
- Stir in the eggs, vinegar, and cold water to the shortening and then add it to the dry mixture.
- Knead into a dough till smooth.
- Wrap the dough in a plastic sheet and place it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- Roll out the dough and cut into oval shapes and wrap each of the ovals around a metal tube.
- Use egg white to brush the ends and fry them in hot oil.
- Once the shells turn brown remove them from the oil and let them cool completely.
- Remove them from the tube and fill them only about an hour before serving.
- You can choose to fill them with the filling of your choice.