I love cheese… I am almost as addicted to cheese as I am to chocolate and coffee!!! And gorgonzola is my all time favourite cheese. This is a very easy “recipe” for an elegant appetiser that is perfect for Christmas or New Year’s Eve or any other special occasion. The contrast between gorgonzola and the sweetness of the dates is delicious and I find that it is very hard to stop at just one when you start eating them! Enjoy!
Ingredients:
100 gms – 3.5 oz. mascarpone
100 gms – 3.5 oz. gorgonzola dolce
1 tbsp milk (or cream)
400 gms – 14 oz. dates, pitted
Put the mascarpone, gorgonzola and milk in a bowl and mix until well combined and creamy.
Pit the dates by slitting them on the top and fill them with the cheese mixture. Serve as an appetiser.
NOTE: any left over cheese mixture is great as a spread for crackers!
It is the end of the month again! Which means it is time to check out the great roundup that Nancy from Spicie Foodie has put together of some of the best recipes from the blogosphere! Check out Your Best Recipe of November! I am contributing my Olive all’ascolana to it! Have fun!
I have been very very busy in the last few days… we are having 2 birthdays in the family: my husband’s is today and our youngest daughter turns 2 tomorrow!!! So, my dear fellow bloggers… I know I have been very slow in my usual blog hopping, but I have good reasons (lots of cooking, pictures to edit and posts to write)! But I will be back ASAP!!!!
I also want to thank everyone for buzzing my Sweet and Sour Pork Fritters, Chifeletti, Scones and Blueberry Curd in the Top 9 at Foodbuzz in the last few days! THANK YOU for all your support and love! I really appreciate it! <3 <3 <3
Oh Manu, I’ve been so crazy busy I haven’t been by in awhile. You have been cooking up a storm. These are so incredible. I’ve never seen anything quite like this. Looks super yummy!
Manu, I think I’ll save this recipe to make a friend of mine veeeery happy.. he loves dates, and I love gorgonzola.. maybe we’ll be both happy!
Happy birthday to Georgia and your husband, Manu! I wish both of them good health and happiness!
I am a huge fan of dates and these filled dates of yours look like something I will really enjoy!
This looks so good. I can see how it can be addicting. I’ll bet it would go great with figs too.
What a appetizer or snack. Fantastic:)
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Interesting and courageous match. I’ll have to try that;)
Wow, how delicious! I absolutely love dates, and mascarpone seems like such a cool twist on the typical cheese pairing 🙂 I’d love one of these little gems!
I’m with you, I love, love, love cheese. Dates are so common here in the Middle East, but I never buy them because I’m at a loss of what to do with them. I’m saving this recipe. It would be a great appetizer for a party!
Oh, hope you all have wonderful birthday celebrations by the way.
This is a filled date recipe I had never heard of before. I am intrigued by the combo
Wow! Looks fabulous! Gotta try this combination 🙂
These do look amazing, I know I would sure eat of bunch of them! You have been busy making filled little goodies lately. The filling of the olives as well as the dates is not an easy task and does take a lot of patience. Your efforts do shine through on the presentation and no doubt the taste. Well done.
Mmmmmmm….these look fabulous, Manu!!! I’ve made something similar, but wrapped in bacon. Such a marvelous combination of flavors~