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Sweet cannoli with ricotta (Cannoli tal-irkotta)
Serves:
2012-04-30
Ingredients
For the cannoli shells
- 400g plain flour
- 80g butter
- 40g caster sugar
- 10g cocoa powder
- A pinch of salt
- 50g red wine
- 50g of white wine vinegar
- 1 whole egg
- You will also need vegetable oil for frying and metal cannoli shapes
For the filling
- 1 kg ricotta
- 200g caster sugar
- Zest of an orange
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 125g dark chocolate chips
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 100g pistachios, toasted and chopped
- 2 tbsp aniseed liqueur (Anisette)
- 20 candied cherries
- You will also need some icing sugar for decorating
Method
Start this recipe by preparing the pastry for the cannoli shells. Place the flour, sugar, cocoa and salt in a bowl, then mix in the butter, eggs, wine and vinegar until all ingredients are mixed well. You should be able to shape the pastry into a large ball. Wrap the pastry up in cling film and allow to rest in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours. After this time, remove the pastry from the refrigerator and roll it out with a rolling pin, making sure you sprinkle your table and the rolling pin with flour as work through the dough. You will need to roll the dough to a thickness of about 2 millimeters. Cut out circles about 10 cm in diameter using a round cutter. Lay the disks out on your work top and brush one side lightly with a little egg white. Wrap each disc around a metal cannoli form, press and sealing the ends together with your finger tips. Next, heat up the oil in a large pan and deep fry the shells in the hot oil until a golden brown in colour. Do not put too many in the oil to cook at the same time, fry only 2-3 shells at a time as you will drop down the heat of the oil and they will become soggy. Remove the cannoli shells from the oil and place on kitchen towel to absorb any excess oil. Whilst still warm, remove the metal forms from the center of the cannoli shells. Meanwhile, prepare the filling by mixing together the ricotta, caster sugar, orange zest and vanilla essence. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips, cinnamon and chopped pistachios. You can fill the cannoli two ways, with a teaspoon or with a pastry bag. If you’re using a teaspoon make sure you fill each shell from either end, push the filling all the way to the center of the shell. Once the shells are filled decorate with the candied cherries by putting one at the end of each cannoli. Place the filled cannoli on a serving dish and dust with icing sugar. Serve immediately.
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Kannoli tal-irkotta
Ingredients
Għall-għaġina tal-kannoli:
- 400g dqiq plain;
- 80g butir;
- 40g zokkor fin (caster sugar);
- 10g kokotina;
- niskata melħ;
- 50g inbid aħmar;
- 25g ħall tal-inbid abjad;
- bajda;
- għandek bżonn ukoll ftit żejt biex taqli u forom tal-ħadid għall-kannoli
- kilo rkotta;
- 200g zokkor fin;
- il-qoxra maħkuka ta’ larinġa;
- kuċċarina essenza tal-vanilla;
- 125g biċċiet żgħar taċ-ċikkulata skura;
- ¼ ta’ kuċċarina trab tal-kannella;
- 100g pistaċċi, inkaljati u mfarrka;
- 2 mgħaref likur tal-aniżetta;
- 20 ċirasa ppriservata;
- għandek bżonn ukoll ftit zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar) biex iżżejjen
Method
Ibda billi tlesti l-għaġina. Poġġi d-dqiq, iz-zokkor, il-kokotina u l-melħ fi skutella u magħhom żid il-butir, il-bajd, l-inbid u l-ħall, u ħawwad sakemm l-ingredjenti jidħlu sew f’xulxin. Ifforma l-għaġina f’ballun kbir, geżwirha fil-cling film u daħħalha fil-friġġ għal mill-inqas siegħa-sagħtejn. Imbagħad oħroġha mill-friġġ, iksi l-wiċċ tal-bank bid-dqiq u iftaħha b’lembuba. Iftaħ l-għaġina bi ħxuna ta’ madwar 2 millimetri. Aqta’ ċrieki b’dijametru ta’ 10ċm. Idlikhom ħafif bi ftit abjad tal-bajd minn naħa waħda. Dawwarhom madwar il-forom tal-ħadid u agħfas it-trufijiet flimkien b’subgħajk. Imbagħad saħħan iż-żejt f’taġen kbir u aqli l-kannoli sakemm jiħmaru. Titfax aktar minn 3 kannoli f’daqqa għax inkella tbaxxi t-temparatura taż-żejt u ma jiġux iqarmċu. Kif jiħmaru tellagħhom miż-żejt u poġġihom fuq biċċa karta tal-kċina biex tneħħilhom iż-żejt żejjed. Meta jkunu għadhom sħan, aqlagħhom mill-forom. Imbagħad lesti l-mili billi tħallat flimkien l-irkotta, iz-zokkor, il-qoxra maħkuka tal-larinġa u l-essenza tal-vanilla. Fl-aħħar żid il-biċċiet taċ-ċikkulata, it-trab tal-kannella u l-pistaċċi mfarrka. Tista’ timla l-kannoli b’żewġ modi – b’kuċċarina jew b’pastry bag. Jekk tkun se tuża kuċċarina, qis li timla l-kannoli miż-żewġ naħat san-nofs. Meta jkunu lesti, żejjinhom b’biċċa ċirasa f’kull tarf. Poġġihom f’dixx u ferrex ftit zokkor tal-ġelu fuqhom. Servihom dak il-ħin stess.
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