INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Basic Chocolate Chip/Ricotta Filling Instructions: Beat cheese until
smooth. Add vanilla and beat in sugar. Mix in chocolate chips. Cover
~- chill several hours or as long as 3 days.  Shells: Blend flour with
salt and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in  center, place whole egg and
butter in well. Stir with fork; add wine,  1 tablespoon at a time,
until dough begins to cling together. Use  hands to form into a ball;
cover and let stand 15 minutes. Roll dough  out onto floured board
until about 1/16-inch thick. Cut into 3  (1/2-inch) circles. With
rolling pin, roll circles into ovals. Wrap  each oval around aluminum
cannoli tube. Seal the edge with egg white.  Turn back the ends to
flare slightly. Heat 2-inches of oil in a deep  sauce- pan to 350
degrees. Fry 2 to 3 shells at a time for 1 minute,  or until lightly
golden. Remove cannoli with tongs to drain and let  cool about 10 to 15
seconds. Then slip out the tube, handling shells  carefully.  Note:
This filling is lighter, but richer. Follow directions for basic
chocolate chip filling, then beat cream until stiff and fold into the
chocolate and cheese mixture. To serve, use a plain large pastry tube
to force Ricotta filling into cannoli shells. Remember fill only the
number of cannoli you plan to serve at once.  Note: To make this
recipe, you will need 2 to 3 aluminum cannoli  tubes. The unfilled
shells and the basic filling can each be stored  separately in airtight
containers for up to 3 days. But once the  shells are filled, they need
to be served immediately to retain  crispness. Posted to
recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 553 by "Diane  Geary."
<diane@keyway.net> on Jan 18, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 5510
Calories From Fat: 1980
Total Fat: 225.2g
Cholesterol: 995mg
Sodium: 3094.1mg
Potassium: 2235.1mg
Carbohydrates: 682.7g
Fiber: 4.5g
Sugar: 482.8g
Protein: 187.3g