Cannoli with Ricotta and Lemon Curd Cream

I've been asking my hubby (for years) to make some moulds for cannoli, because I always wanted to try making them. Finally, I got mad and made them myself. I took a wooden rolling pin (French style - very thin and long; broomstick alike), washed it, cut it and... voila! 
Cannoli were awesome; Lemon curd /Ricotta cream was perfect as filling ! 
Yes, my hubby got a few too...after my hard thinking ;-)

Ingredients:
Cannoli tubes-
2 cups flour
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp cocoa 
1/2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 tsp vinegar
3 tbs olive oil
1/2 cup wine, white preferably
(oil for frying, egg white for sticking dough)
Cream-
300 g ricotta (well drained)
2-4 tbs lemon curd, (or gratted lemon zest with a bit of juice too)
3-4 tbs icing sugar

Method:
Mix all ingredients for dough, knead a minute, wrap into cling wrap and let it rest for 20 minutes. Roll out (onto flour dusted surface) thinly 1-2 mm, then cut out circles using biscuit cutter or a glass (make sure circles are smaller than cannoli tubes / moulds). Prepare a deep heavy bottomed dish for frying. Flatten each circle a bit more, (if necessary) wrap around an oiled mould, sticking the ends of dough with a bit of egg white (make sure you don't put egg white onto mould). Repeat with others; fry a few cannolis at time. Take off ready-ones and repeat with the rest of circles (no need to oil moulds again). Drain on absorbent paper; let them cool.
For cream- Cream ricotta, icing sugar and lemon curd with a mixer. Pipe cream into cooled tubes. Dust with icing sugar. Enjoy!
Tip-If you don't intend to eat all at once, keep tubes (dry spot) and cream (fridge) separately. That way you'll ensure crispy cannolis at every serving.
Cannoli can be filled with whipped cream, thick custard...

Kanoli sa Limunovim Rikota Kremom

Godinama molim svog dragog da mi napravi modle za kanole, jer zelim da ih probam napraviti. Naposlijetku sam se naljutila, zgrabila 'oklagiju', oprala je i izrezala pilom...Modle su za cas bile gotove, a kanoli bozanstveni! Limunkasta rikota je savrseno punjenje za njih.
Da, posluzen je bio i moj dragi...nakon mog duzeg razmisljanja ;-)

Potrebno:
Kanoli tube-
2 solje brasna
2 K secera
1 k kakaa
1/2 k cimeta
malo soli
1 k sirceta
3 K Maslinovog ulja
1/2 solje vina, bijelo je bolje
(ulje za przenje, bjelance za 'prilijepiti' kanole) 
Rikota krem-
300 gr rikote, dobro ocijedjene
2-4 K Zgusnutog limuna -'lemon curd', (ili ribana korica limuna i malo soka)
3-4 K secera u prahu

Nacin:
Umijesite tijesto, zamotajte u foliju i ostavite 20-ak minuta odmarati. Razvaljajte na pobrasnjenoj povrsini oko 1-2 mm debljine i izvadite krugove tijesta (casa ili slicno), koji moraju biti kraci od modli. Pripremite posudu sa uljem; zagrijte. Ako treba, dodatno rastanjite svaki krug, namotajte na nauljene modle i 'zalijepite' sa bjelancem (vodite recuna da bjelance ne dotice modle). Przite po nekoliko, zatim ponovite sa ostalim krugovima (ne morate uljiti modle ponovo). Ostavite tube na upijajuci papir da se hlade.
Za kremu- miksajte sir, secer i 'lemon curd'. Sa spricom istisnite kremu u svaki kanoli, pospite secerom u prahu i uzivajte.
Savjet- Ako necete pojesti sve kanole odjednom, drzite tube (na suhom mjestu) odvojene od krema (u frizideru), kako biste svaki put imali hrskave kanole.
Kanoli mogu biti punjeni slatkim vrhnjem, guscim pudingom...