Cannoli

Cannolo (plural: cannoli ) is the name of a filled pastries from Sicily. It consists of a fried pastry roll with a sweet creamy filling of ricotta, vanilla, cocoa, chocolate chips, or may contain candied fruit.

Cannoli were originally one of several lard biscuits that were eaten at Shrovetide, all year but are now made ​​over. Today they are offered everywhere in Italy by larger bakeries and restaurants.

The Italian word cannolo literally means " little tube " and does not refer to the dough piece, but on the tube around which the dough pieces are traditionally wrapped for frying, usually tailored bamboo tubes of about 15 cm length.