The day has come that I finally decided on making real Sicilian Cannoli. It is questionable how REAL they are, as they were not tasted by an Italian, but I was quite satisfied with the final outcome. I made mini-cannoli's and I find it better then the big ones filled with loads of cream. I filled half of them with vanilla (pastry) cream and the other ones with fresh ricotta. It was not overly sweet which is what I love about them. In most cases I reduce the amount of sugar.

I got the recipe from Epicurious and I didn't have any difficulties except that the dough was a bit weird. I don't know, it just didn't combine as it should! Well, there is ALWAYS something. I would suggest adding one more yolk to the dough. And let me tell you, those little fellas are very time consuming, but the taste is exceptional. I would definitely make them again, but do some more research on the dough.

For the filling I used ricotta cheese, which was bought from an Italian who gets it fresh each day, chopped pistachios, my mum's arancini, and powdered sugar to taste. Have a look at the recipe, they added some more ingredients, but I loved it just like this. Oh, and not to forget the vanilla ones, they were just mmm as well.
They were gone in less then a minute! I had barely any time to take a photo! I guess that tells you something ;)