Homemade Cannoli Recipe with Mascarpone Cream Combine flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add Marsala and oil, and beat on medium speed until dough comes together. Using your hands, knead dough on a lightly floured work surface until smooth and elastic, about 15 minutes.
Ricotta or Mascarpone. Cannoli filling recipes are the creamy fillings inside the cannoli shells. There are two schools of thought as to which cannoli filling recipes are the best. Some say using ricotta is the best. And others say using mascarpone is the best. The mascarpone filling recipe is easier.
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Cannoli Cream Recipe” Place a cheese cloth in a bowl and spoon the ricotta into the cloth. Ring out as much liquid as possible from the ricotta cheese and place into a dry bowl. Add the powdered erythritol, cinnamon and vanilla extract and combine. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix together the drained ricotta, vanilla, lemon zest, and cinnamon. Use a silicone spatula to gently fold in the whipped cream. Cover and chill the filling until ready to fill the cannoli. Scoop filling into a piping bag fitted with a tip to fill each shell with the prepared cannoli filling.