Maple Bacon Cannolis
Feel like something sweet but salty? Try these delicious Maple Bacon Cannolis for dessert this week - pastry filled with custard and bacon - yum!
15 minutes
Experienced Cooks
24
What you’ll need
- 6 Bacon rashers, diced
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 Tbsp. caster sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup Marsala wine
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 Tbsp. vanilla custard powder
- 1 Tbsp. caster sugar
- 2 cups milk
- 4 Tbsp. cocoa powder
How to make it
- Combine flour, sugar and salt. Work the butter into the flour with your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg yolk and marsala wine then mix until it forms a smooth dough. Wrap in cling wrap and rest for at least 30 mins.
- Prepare custard according to custard powder pack instructions (use the milk and sugar). Add cocoa powder to the custard mix if chocolate custard is desired.
- Place custard in refrigerator to set.
- Cook bacon in fry-pan over med. heat. Once bacon is crispy, add maple syrup and cook for a further 5 mins or until sticky.
- Chop bacon pieces even finer if desired.
- Heat deep fryer to 180 C.
- Flour a clean surface and roll out dough ball very thin (approximately 3 -4mm thick). Using a round biscut cutter, cut the dough into circles.
- Wrap each dough circle around a cannoli mold and seal the top edge shut by pressing the 2 ends together.
- Submerge the cannoli shell and mold into the deep fryer and hold it in the oil for 2 – 3 mins. Remove from oil and carefully remove shell. Set aside to cool. Repeat with all other circles.
- Place custard in piping bag, then fill each end of the cannoli shell with custard. Dip ends in maple bacon or sprinkle on top.
- Serve immediately.
