Cannoli Siciliani

Name: Cannoli Siciliani
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200g plain flour; 30g caster sugar; 30g butter, softened; 60ml dry marsala wine; 1 egg; 500g fresh ricotta, drained overnight; 150g icing sugar; 80g dark chocolate chips; 50g candied orange peel, finely chopped; 1L vegetable oil for frying

Sicily's iconic fried pastry tubes filled with sweet ricotta cream, chocolate chips and candied orange peel.

Total time

110 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Italian

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gplain flour

30gcaster sugar

30gbutter, softened

60mldry marsala wine

1egg

500gfresh ricotta, drained overnight

150gicing sugar

80gdark chocolate chips

50gcandied orange peel, finely chopped

1Lvegetable oil for frying

Instructions

Mix flour, sugar, butter, marsala and egg into a firm dough, rest 1 hour.

Roll dough very thin, cut circles 10cm diameter.

Wrap circles around metal cannoli tubes, seal edges with egg white.

Fry at 180C until deep golden, cool before sliding off tubes.

Beat drained ricotta with icing sugar until smooth.

Fold in chocolate chips and candied peel.

Fill shells just before serving using a piping bag.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

898

Protein

22.5g

Fat

47.5g

Carbs

96.1g

Fiber

3.5g

Sodium

129mg

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