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Mascarpone-Stuffed Dates

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
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Recipe

Ingredients

  1. 16 Medjool dates
  2. 1/2 cup mascarpone
  3. 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
  4. Unsweetened cocoa, for dusting

Directions

  1. 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

    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

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