by Deborah Perugi | Feb 15, 2025 | Christmas, Christmas & New Year's, Dolci, Recipes
Making cannolis is fun and easy if you buy the shells and make the filling at home. You will need a pastry bag or plastic bag with a hole cut in the corner to squeeze the filling into the shells from both sides. Great for parties!
_______________From https://www.italymagazine.com/recipe/sicilian-cannoli_____________
Ricotta filling
Drain the ricotta the night before for at least 8 hours to get as much water out of it as you can.
Whisk with the icing sugar, once it is nice and creamy, add the chopped candied fruit (you can also add chocolate chips).
Use a pastry bag to pipe the ricotta into the cannoli shells from both ends. Dust with powdered sugar and deep the two ends in ground pistachio nuts.
Remember to fill the cannoli just before serving them. If you fill them too early, the ricotta cream can get the shell soggy.
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500 grams
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140 grams
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by Deborah Perugi | Dec 29, 2016 | Christmas & New Year's, Dolci
Make bread pudding of course!
ITALIAN BREAD PUDDING From The Boston Globe
2/3 C light raisins
6-8 slices Panettone
2 C milk
3/4 C sugar
1 C heavy cream
1/4 C rum
1/4 C Marsala
3 large eggs
2 T grated orange peel
1/2 t cinnamon
Confectioner’s sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Butter 12 x 9″ glass baking dish
Sprinkle half the raisins on the bottom
Make layer of half the bread slices over raisins
Sprinkle with remaining raisins and add the second layer of bread.
Combine milk and sugar in medium saucepan and simmer until the sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat and stir in cream, rum and Marsala.
Beat eggs with cinnamon and orange peel and stir into milk mixture.
Slowly pour liquid over bread slices, pressing them down. Let stand 10 minutes.
Place dish in large roasting pan and fill it 1 inch, being careful to not come too close to bread dish.
(Moving the pan out of the oven may splash into bread pudding!)
Bake 30 minutes or until knife comes out clean 2 inches from edge and top is golden.
Just before serving sprinkle with Confectioner’s sugar. Serve warm or chilled. Yields 12 servings.
