Cannolo Siciliano appears as a signature dish in 1 Italy cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Cannolo Siciliano · Palermo
Cannolo is a fried tube of pasta-frolla shell filled to order with sweetened sheep's-milk ricotta, candied citrus, chocolate chips and crushed pistachios, the most exported Palermitan sweet.
Cannolo originated in the Sicilian Arab kingdom around the 10th century as a carnival treat; its form (the tube around a horizontal stick) traces to Arab pastry technique. Sicilian convents of Caltanissetta and Palermo refined it through the 18th century. The pasticceria Bar Alba and Cappello fill cannoli to order, which is the only correct way to serve them.
Where to eat in Palermo:
- Bar Pasticceria Alba
- Pasticceria Cappello
- I Segreti del Chiostro