Welcome to the first of many Fill-up Fridays!
WHAT IS FILL-UP FRIDAY?!
I will attempt recipes I find online as well as new things I come up with along the way. Get your taste buds ready for some eats! Please let me know what you think!
If you have suggestions for future Fill-up Fridays, please feel free to comment.
Cannolis here! Get your Cannoli before they are gone!
I found this recipe online - http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/cannoli-95546
Please visit this site for step by step instructions provided by the author!
SHELLS
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 egg yolks
3⁄4 cup white wine
shortening, for frying
FILLING
4 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1⁄3 cup finely chopped maraschino cherry
1⁄4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
1 cup heavy whipping cream, optional
Here is my process and comments on how I feel I can make a better cannoli next time around!
Please excuse the lighting in my kitchen... I am working on improving it.
To start, I cut up the cherries and laid them out to dry. The cherries need to be on the dry side to keep the cannoli from getting soggy.
Chop! Chop! Chop!
Then, I started on the dough as this needs the most time to work. I did not have white wine required and substituted some water and cherry juice from the jar of Maraschino cherries. From what I had on hand, I figured this would match the qualities of the wine. As far as I can tell, It matched quite well. The only issue it created was the missing tart flavor in the dough. If you know of other simple ways to create this taste, please comment!
Next, I worked on the filling. I did not have powdered sugar and substituted normal sugar. This is an issue as it does not help keep the filling from becoming more liquid than whipped when mixed with other liquids. I also skipped the part of the recipe that states to press the cheese out to void it of as much liquid as possible. I did this because it did not seem to have much liquid to it... This was a mistake that I realized while breaking it up while stirring the other ingredients.
....I hope you see a trend forming ... I ended up with too much liquid in my filling. It was not an issue as it held well, but from what I have seen in shops and on shows.. it should be a little more on the stiff side than what it was. I will be taking the time to dry the needed ingredients on my next attempt.
In order to fill the cannolis once they are ready, Just take a zip-lock back and cut a small portion of the corner.
Once I had the filling in the fridge, I did some preparing of a cannoli tube, chocolate chips, and cleaned up my work area.
If you have access to cannoli tubes, these would be best. I had to make do with rolled aluminum foil. I created a roll by folding a piece of foil in half, then rolling it from one end to the desired form.
At this point, the dough was ready to be prepared. Oh how I envy those with a pasta press. The cannoli dough should be pressed/rolled out into a thin sheet. As you can see below, my initial rolling job was not thin enough, but allowed me to make sections. Each section was able to make two cannoli rolls once I pressed them out further. The first cannoli roll I fried was the original thickness, and then I moved to creating a more flaky roll.
I pressed into the thin dough in order to create more flakes. I am not sure if the fact that my rolls were not able to be completely submerges while frying or if the missing wine played a part here as well... anyone have experience with this issue?
After preparing the dough, I took the wider end to the cannoli form. I loosely rolled the dough and form. To close the roll, brush egg white onto the edge of the dough and then lightly press it to the roll. This will act as a glue when the dough is in the fryer.
ALMOST THERE! At this point, I had my shells and filling ready! My cherries and chocolate ready! TIME TO FILL! Simply hold a shell to the cut corner of the zip-lock and then squeeze to fill about 2/3 of the shell. This will help you avoid a mess coming out the back. Flip it around and finish filling. Doing it this way will allow for a full but clean cannoli. Then take your toppings and press them to each end.
And for my results!!!
In conclusion, I will be making these again! I was able to get some taste testers and they all liked them. We had similar comments with regards to how to make them better! If you see something you would do differently, please let the Steemit community and myself know. Together we can improve our cooking skills! I know mine need some work... HAHA!
I attempted this recipe without all of the ingredients on hand and in both cases, I believe the recipe would have been better having used them.
Yum! Perfect accompaniment to a Godfather marathon!
LOL!
Nice job they look amazing!! I just did a expose on cannabis cooking including some info on famous chefs who you wouldnt know used it 50 years ago, check it out https://steemit.com/cooking/@cryptodad2/cooking-with-cannabis-a-history-and-detailed-look-enjoy-the-alice-toklas-surprise
Good stuff, I will check out your work!
I had already thought the first picture was the end result..
The difference between the ones you made and the ones in the picture is slight, but noticeable ;)
The process seems realistic enough and I might want to try this - at least if I had any idea of what this tastes like!
ummmm... here we go haha someone correct me if you feel my description is off!
The shell- a sweet and flaky thin cookie that breaks up effortlessly as you bite into it.
The Filling- regardless of your choice of additives (In my case, Chocolate/Cherry) one will experience a slightly textured and thicker whipped cream that has a sweet yet cheesy flavor.
If you like sweets and cheese- you should try them :D
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your post has been featured in my The Kitchen Table Edition 8: Saturday's Recipes, Cooking & Food Curation Day!
WOW, thank you for your support! I was going to send you a pm for missing your Homestead meal challenge a little while back, but figured I would make it up by bringing my A game on the next challenge...Should you make one :D
I believe the challenge you are referring to is one I resteeemed for @canadianrenegade
https://steemit.com/preppercookoff/@canadianrenegade/prepper-cook-off-challenge
BUT YES!!! you should enter his! It is amamzing what meals the people are coming up with!
And thank you for your post. We have a bulk food store about an hour away from our home and they sell the cannolis already pre-made- not sure i could make them from scratch- so kudos to you for doing it!!
Great news. The post by @canadianrenegade was not the Homestead challenge I was referring to, but it is a new one I can take part in! Thank you for the update!
Original homesteading post I was refering to was by @kiaraantonoviche . It appears to be closed but I may be mistaken. Link: https://steemit.com/homesteadingchallenge/@kiaraantonoviche/steemit-homesteadingchallenge-11-theme-announcement-and-rules-sbd-reward-for-winner#@mosic/re-kiaraantonoviche-steemit-homesteadingchallenge-11-theme-announcement-and-rules-sbd-reward-for-winner-20180401t194144044z
Wow! Great article @mosic. It is evident you are creative and have lots of patience! This does not seem to be an easy recipie! Eventhough it was a fairly successful trial run (without all ingredients on hand) I think you really pulled it together. And, next time it will be even better. Congratulations on having your post selected by @goldendawne! That's great!! Keep up the good work.