Datteri con mascarpone e noci

Name: Datteri con mascarpone e noci (Dates filled with mascarpone cream and walnuts)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 110 g (½ cup) mascarpone; at least 12 shelled whole walnuts; 6 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar; 125 g (½ cup) ricotta cheese; 2 tablespoons good-quality brandy, rum or grappa; 24 fresh dates

Dates filled with mascarpone cream and walnuts

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Twelve

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2003

About

These may be served after dinner or as an antipasto, even though they are sweet. They are rich and delicious. The quantities given here are estimated at three dates per person. You may adjust this to suit your personal taste. Although dates are not grown in Tuscany, they are often served for festive occasions.

Ingredients

at least 12 shelled whole walnuts
110 g (½ cup) mascarpone

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Tuscany
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
December

Method

Toast the walnuts lightly in an oven or a dry frying pan.

Put the mascarpone and ricotta cheese into a bowl with the sugar and liqueur. Mix gently but thoroughly. Divide each walnut in half, lengthways across its seam.

Slit the dates vertically down one side with a sharp knife, leaving them whole. Remove the stone. Fill each date with a teaspoonful or so of the mascarpone mixtur