Spring Cooking Challenge Guys Come One!!!

[Heidi3]

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OMG they have Yuba at one of the markets I am going to today ...thanks I forgot about that stuff I used it years ago great idea!!!

[MotherOfGizmo]

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OH thank goodness! You won't have to use pig intestines after all!

[Heidi3]

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today when I get off work I am going to try to make this eggroll thing I have yuba and sausage casings to try and the coconut

I have synthetic sausage casings not pig parts...although I would use them it does not bother me anymore than eating the asss of a cow does

[ValidRouge]

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Okay Heidi, I'm sure you've seen the posts about me not being able to find sausage casings...nor do I have a clue where to find the yuba stuff. Needless to say my spring rolls are not made.

However, here's one other idea I've been trying to research. I saw daikon in the grocery store. Research tells me its of the radish family. Wonder if we could use the mandolyne to slice it very very thin...and wrap our stuffing up in that for frying?? Do you think it would get crispy??

[Heidi3]

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it is pretty watery I am not sure...I looked at the sausage casings and instead filled eggroll wrappers and sent them home with my kids I figured i could do it again when you found the stuff to wrap with ...ok that was my excuse anyway

[dotsamantha]

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How about this one, you think we could make it friendly?


Cannoli



http://www.cannoli-enterprises.com/index.php

Random Recipe

Makes about 20 Cannoli INGREDIENTS:

• Cannoli Shell Ingredients:
• Oil for deep frying
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 ounces lard (1 stick or 8 tablespoons)
• 1 tablespoon rum
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 large egg plus egg wash (2 eggs whisked with 2 tablespoons water)
• Ricotta Filling:
• 1 pound dry ricotta (impastata), or buy good-quality ricotta,
• line a strainer with cheese cloth, place the cheese in it, and drain overnight or a full day
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon oil or ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
• Confectioners' sugar for dusting

PREPARATION:

• Heat a deep fryer to 320° F.
• In a mixer, combine all the cannoli shell ingredients except the egg wash, adding enough water (1 to 2 tablespoons cold water) until it reaches a doughlike consistency. The amount of water will vary according to the outside temperature/humidity. Roll the dough to the thickness of pasta (1/4 inch). Using a cannoli cutter (an oval-shaped cookie cutter), cut out the cannoli. Place the cannoli ovals in a row and place a cannoli rod down the center. Flip the cannoli up and over, sealing the opposite edges where they meet with egg wash and pressing down.
• Deep fry them for 3 minutes, until golden brown.
• Combine all the filling ingredients. Let the cannoli shells cool, then using a large-tip pastry bag, pipe the ricotta mixture into the cannoli.
• Serve, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.

I love love love cannolis.

[sallyseachange]

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Oh wow! Cannoli! Really interested to see what anyone comes up with. Right now am on vacation in the Aeolian Islands (off Sicily). Here, they have the best cannoli I've ever tasted in my whole life. Haven't had one for over a year... since starting Atkins. It's the one thing I might consider a planned cheat for (though in the end, I probably won't have the guts to do it).

If anyone has a good way to transform... I'll be ecstatic!

[Barbde]

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How about a cannoli parfait?? Courtesy of George Stella
http://www.foodtv.com/food/cda/recip...L-PAGE,00.html

[dotsamantha]

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I've been meaning to check Stella out!

i want to go to the mediterranean so much. DBF went a few years ago, and I've been through eastern Europe, but I really want to go to the U.K. and Italy. And Sicily, France, etc.

[MotherOfGizmo]

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How about a cannoli parfait?? Courtesy of George Stella
http://www.foodtv.com/food/cda/recip...L-PAGE,00.html

Gawd I love that man!

[Barbde]

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Me too Mog. That recipe actually sounds like something I might try this weekend. Yumm.

[dotsamantha]

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When I hit the proper rungs i will definitely try it! I still want a cannoli though, lol.

[sallyseachange]

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Do try to make the trip Dotsamantha... it's really worth it!
Sal

[dotsamantha]

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I love travelling, I hope to take a few weeks by the end of the year. I know i'll have to have an authentic sicilian cannoli.

[Pau]

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Well! I did it! I read the 9 pages!


Barb, your cookies look GREAT but ......... I do not want to bake them. I know I will eat them all at once!!!!!