Cannoli filling can be made with ricotta or mascarpone or a combination thereof. I’m keeping it simple here with ricotta.

Traditional Sicilian cannoli is often filled with a sheep's milk ricotta, but we're going to use a deliciously easy mascarpone filling for our recipe today. Once filled, the pastries can be ...

A piping bag is used to fill the shell; the filling is usually added at both ends in order to make sure it’s filled the whole way through. After the cannoli are filled, the dessert is usually ...

It is worth buying cannoli moulds to make the process of making the shell cases a pleasure not a chore. You only need four. They can be made two days ahead of time and stored in an airtight container.