Mascarpone-Stuffed Dates
- Recipe by Maurizio Quaranta
A dusting of unsweetened cocoa adds an appealing bitterness to this simple one-bite dessert.
- TOTAL TIME: 20 MIN
- SERVINGS: 8
- Fast
- Make-Ahead
- Vegetarian
©: Francesco Lagnese
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 Medjool dates
- 1/2 cup mascarpone
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- Unsweetened cocoa, for dusting
Directions
- Make a lengthwise slit in each date and remove the pits (without halving the dates). In a bowl, whisk the mascarpone with the sugar. Spoon the mascarpone into the dates, close them loosely and arrange on a plate, split side up. Sift the cocoa over the dates and serve.
Make Ahead
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The stuffed dates can be refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before sprinkling with cocoa.
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These have become a go-to dessert for me. So simple and decadent. The bitter chocolate is a perfect counterpoint to the sweet filling. Read about my experience serving this at a luncheon at http://adventuroustastes.blogspot.com/2008/07/adventures-in-entertaining-feeding.html
Posted by: lzuckerm on August 8, 2008
- From Winemakers’ Amazing Lunch on the Italian Riviera
- Published August 2008
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