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Homemade Cannoli

Name: Homemade Cannoli
Total time: 75 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 1/3 cup (70 milliliters) water (or white wine or marsala), or as needed; 2 pounds (1 kilogram) fresh ricotta; chopped pistachios, dark chocolate, or candied fruit, for decoration (optional); 1 teaspoon (240 grams) sugar; confectioners' sugar, for decoration (optional); 1 egg white (optional); 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons honey; 2 tablespoons (30 grams) granulated sugar; 3 cups (roughly) vegetable oil, for frying; 3 1/2 tablespoons (50 grams) melted butter (or, more traditional, lard); 2 1/3 cups (300 grams) all-purpose flour; splash of milk, if needed

You will need cannoli tubes—small metallic tubes for rolling the dough around —to make this recipe. I was inspired to try making these after tasting the crisp, ricotta-filled cannoli, dipped on both sides in chopped pistachios, at Caffe dell'Arte in the beautiful baroque town of Modica. I adapted...

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$0.39

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