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Cannolo Siciliano is a signature dish of Italy; we have verified places to eat it in Palermo. Start with where to eat Cannolo Siciliano in 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.
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