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Recipes > Almond and Citrus Cannoli
 Cannoli are Italian pastry desserts - originaly from Sicily, they are an essential part of Sicilian cuisine and now a common dessert throughout Italy - especially at times of celebration like Easter or Carnevale season.
Ingredients
1 cup milk
¾ cup castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/3 cup corn flour
½ cup water
725g ricotta cheese
1 cup FreshLife Natural Almonds, toasted & chopped finely
½ cup cooking chocolate, chopped finely
½ teaspoon orange rind
20 Cannoli shells
Method
1. Combine milk, sugar and vanilla essence in saucepan and heat over medium until hot.
2. Mix corn flour with water in small bowl until smooth and add to hot milk stirring until mixture begins to thicken. Allow mixture to cool.
3. Combine ricotta, ¾ cup almonds, chocolate and orange rind in bowl and mix, then add milk mixture and stir until well combined.
4. Place mix into pipping bag, and pipe into cannoli shells, coat ends with remaining chopped nuts.
Note: If you do not have a pipping bag, use a clean small plastic bag. Add contents into bag and twist to form a ball. Cut a whole in a corner of the bag and then pipe cream mixture (by squeezing the bag) into cannoli shells.
Fill shells as close to serving time as possible
Cannoli shells can be purchased from specialty delicatessens.
Serves: 20
Preparation time: 20 mins
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