RECIPE

Mascarpone-Stuffed Dates

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 20 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 8

A dusting of unsweetened cocoa adds an appealing bitterness to this simple one-bite dessert.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 20 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 8
  • BASIC-EASY
  • FAST
  • MAKE-AHEAD
  • VEGETARIAN

Ingredients

  • 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.