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| Cannoli~ A La Pistachio |
I have always loved trying cannoli, the only thing was I hated the filling! So I thought I really like the idea of it but it was like getting a waffle cone and putting something nasty in it.
So I thought okay let me just go to the trusty little internet and
OMG.. well now I was totally confused. Do I bake? Fry? Then there is the
is wine issue, to wine or not to wine. Some do some don't. Of course
the ones adding the wine say you need it, but the ones not using it say
don't. Is there any point to it? I didn't have wine, I do have alcohol
free wine but isn't that just juice after all? I didn't have any molds
so I had to wrap aluminum foil around my fingers (actually I used the
dowel I had for an arts project). Now for the filling..I looked in the
fridge and had cream cheese and leftover fat free small curd cottage
cheese that my Sis left here.
So here goes, I had stopped
by the grocer and they wouldn't sell me any empty shells so I just had
to bite the bullet and make my own, decided to bake and not use wine
until my molds arrive in the mail. I posted my recipe for this so here
is the link should you care to take on this mission! It actually turned
out very tasty. I have just gotten my molds and am about to make my second attempt and will fry instead of bake. Cannoli are so simple actually
I am now ashamed I did not try them before. I just never could get over
the ricotta that made all the Italians gush and then to add chocolate chips I did not think sounded good with the cottage cheese so I went with chopped pistachios. Hope you enjoy! http://realwomenofphiladelphia.com/user/recipe/4280431/cannoli-a-la-pistachio
