White Chocolate, Mint and Pistachio Cannoli

This is my version of the Italian pastry. They are a fried pastry tube made with white wine, and filled with white chocolate and peppermint ricotta, and sprinkled with chopped pistachios.

I was astonished that my pastry frying method worked. I had to roll them around scrunched up bits of foil so they kept their curled shape, and ignoring the hot oil pouring out the centre over my fingers, it worked wonders. I think they look great, being elegant yet simple. The ricotta filling has just the right amount of sugar to prevent it tasting too savoury, as it can do, and the mint and white chocolate and subtle but perfectly balanced. I would say these are a baking success.