3 3/8 cups cake flour 3/4 tsp shortening 1 Tbsp baking power 1 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar 1 pinch salt 4 medium eggs
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1 egg white, beaten until foamy canola oil, for frying 1 1/2 lb ricotta 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar 2 tsp vanilla mini chocolate chips
Directions 1. Preheat canola oil in fryer to 350°F 2. Mix cake flour, shortening, baking powder, white vinegar, and salt until combined 3. Mix in eggs one at a time using dough hook until dough is heavy and moist 4. Roll out dough on floured surface until thin (2-3 mm) 5. Slice dough into strips 3/4 of a cannoli form in width 6. Roll out each strip lengthwise until very thin 7. Cut strip into sheets that wrap around cannoli form with little (1 cm) overlap 8. Wrap a sheet of dough loosely around form, lining up dough with the end of the form 9. Brush on egg white, and press with fork to seal ends together 10. Fry cannoli until dough expands (~5 seconds), then slide the cannoli off of the form 11. Continue frying until light golden brown (~45 seconds)