Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Cannoli~ A La Pistachio

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