Gorgonzola Stuffed Dates Tapas
From juels 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 10
These stuffed dates come out sweet, salty and savory at the same time. Make great appetizer, or finger food.
Ingredients
- 8 oz package dried pitted dates shopping list
- 1/2 cup almonds shopping list
- 1 tbsp. confectioner's(powdered) sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp. water shopping list
- 2 tbsp. crumbled gorgonzola cheese shopping list
- 6 oz. proscioutto, or Canadian bacon shopping list
- salt for seasoning (to taste) shopping list
- olive oil for drizzling shopping list
- For sugar syrup: shopping list
- 2/3 cup water shopping list
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 2 tbsp. rose water (can be purchased in Middle Eastern markets) shopping list
How to make it
- In a food processor combine almonds, confectioner's sugar, 1 tsp. water, and Gorgonzola cheese. Process until nuts are finely minced and the mixture looks like a paste. Set aside.
- With a knife, cut the dates opened lengthwise(don't cut all the way through).
- Using a teaspoon, stuff the dates with the nut and cheese mixture. Set aside.
- Make sugar syrup:
- Combine 2/3 cup sugar with 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan. Stir over the medium heat until sugar dissolves. Cook and stir for another 7 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in rose water. Let cool slightly.
- Cut proscioutto in thin strips lengthwise, then cut each strip in half.
- Dip stuffed dates, one at a time, in a sugar syrup, then wrap a strip of proscioutto around them.
- Place dates on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle lightly with salt and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake at 350F oven for 8 min, or until proscioutto is LIGHTLY browned.
- Serve warm or cold as appetizer, or finger food.
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I can't imagine how good the proscioutto must be in this dish, Julia! You have my five. My grandmother (Russian side) used to stuff date with peanut butter and then push an almond into the peanut butter. I could eat a million of them ~ ~ ~ of these ...more
lacrenshaw
in Horsham loved it
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These sound mouthwatering! Awesome post and ya got my 5!
lincolntoot
in Freehold loved it
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awsome recipe love it thanks
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