mascarpone cheese is used to make the sicilian dessert cannoli.
what cheese is used to make the sicilian dessert cannoli?
mascarpone
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cannoli (; ) are italian pastries that originated on the island of sicily and are today a staple of sicilian cuisine as well as italian-american cuisine. cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta. they range in size from "cannulicchi", no bigger than a finger, to the fist-sized proportions typically found south of palermo, sicily, in piana degli albanesi.









































in the mainland italy they are commonly known as "cannoli siciliani" (sicilian cannoli).
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in italian "cannoli" is grammatically plural; the corresponding singular is "cannolo" (, sicilian "cannolu"), meaning "little tube". in english, "cannoli" is usually used as a singular, and "cannolo" is rare.









































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"cannolo" is a diminutive of "canna", 'cane' or 'tube'.









































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cannoli come from the palermo and messina areas and were historically prepared as a treat during carnevale season, possibly as a fertility symbol. the dessert eventually became a year-round staple in sicily.
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