Stracchino stuffed savory pizza cannoli with pesto and pistachio grain are one of the most delicious deep fried pizza recipes around!
This deep fried pizza recipe is made by shaping the pizza dough into cannoli cones, deep-frying them, and stuffing them with stracchino cheese, pesto, and pistachio grain.
I used the panzerotti dough because it is crunchy and kind of sweet, perfect to be fried. And because I had some leftovers. You can find the recipe here.
fried pizza dough cannoli
Ingredients
- ½ dose of panzerotti dough or store-bought pizza dough
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1
cup
frying oil or sunflower oil
- ¼ cup pesto
- ½ cup stracchino cheese
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3
tablespoons
pistachio
grain finely chopped pistachios
grainInstructions
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Cut out pizza dough circles, 5 inches (12 cm diameter) and wrap each one around a cannoli mold.
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Heat the oil in a tall frying pan (I used a wok) and deep-fry the cannoli for less than a minute per side, until lightly golden.
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Place the cannolis on kitchen paper - to bsorb excess grease - and wait a few minutes before removing the mold.
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Once you’ve fried all the circles, spread a teaspoon of pesto inside each cannolo. Then add the stracchino cheese (you may use a pastry bag, but a teaspoon works fine).
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Finally, sprinkle some pistachio grain on each ending size of the cannolo.
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Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
If you are serving the pizza cannoli later, wait until a few minutes before serving to fill the fried pizza dough.
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fried pizza dough cannoli
Ingredients
- ½ dose of panzerotti dough or store-bought pizza dough
-
1
cup
frying oil or sunflower oil
- ¼ cup pesto
- ½ cup stracchino cheese
-
3
tablespoons
pistachio
Instructions
-
Cut out pizza dough circles, 5 inches (12 cm diameter) and wrap each one around a cannoli mold.
-
Heat the oil in a tall frying pan (I used a wok) and deep-fry the cannoli for less than a minute per side, until lightly golden.
-
Place the cannolis on kitchen paper - to bsorb excess grease - and wait a few minutes before removing the mold.
-
Once you’ve fried all the circles, spread a teaspoon of pesto inside each cannolo. Then add the stracchino cheese (you may use a pastry bag, but a teaspoon works fine).
-
Finally, sprinkle some pistachio grain on each ending size of the cannolo.
-
Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
If you are serving the pizza cannoli later, wait until a few minutes before serving to fill the fried pizza dough.
Claudia