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    Home » Recipes » Appetizers, Drinks and Dessert

    Dates Stuffed With Goat Cheese and Almonds

    Published: Dec 23, 2014 · Modified: Feb 10, 2015 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

    We’re hosting a Christmas Eve cocktail party. Now, Dad Cooks Dinner, but Mom is the Mixologist; she’s responsible for the drinks, I’m responsible for the nibbles.

    Here is one of my favorite appetizers. Sweet and salty, sour and crunchy; the dates, goat cheese, and almonds combine into one tasty bite. Even better, I can make it a day ahead of time - stuff a date with goat cheese, add an almond, repeat - and pull it out of the fridge when it’s time to serve.

    I made my picky eater try one. He took the tiniest of nibbles, and stuck his tongue out.

    “I don’t like goat cheese.”

    “Pop the whole thing in your mouth” I said. “You need to get all of it at once.”

    He gave me the “jeez, dad” look, hesitated, gently put it in his mouth, and started chewing. He grimaced. Then got a thoughtful look on his face, shrugged, and said “eh.”

    Well, at least he tried it.

    Later, he came over with a sheepish look on his face.

    “Are there any more stuffed dates?”

    Recipe: Dates Stuffed With Goat Cheese and Almonds


    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 0 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 24 dates (preferably pitted Medjool dates)
    • 4 ounces soft goat cheese
    • 24 roasted salted almonds

    Directions

    1. Stuff the dates

    Cut one side of a date open with kitchen scissors or a paring knife. Open up the date, and stuff with a half teaspoon of goat cheese. Push an almond into the goat cheese. Repeat until all the dates are stuffed.

    Notes

    • If you can’t find pitted dates, that’s OK - buy whole dates, cut the date lengthwise until you hit the pit, pop it out, and stuff from there.
    • This recipe scales as much as you want it to - or until you get sick of stuffing, whichever comes first. 24 dates is roughly 5 ounces of pitted dates. These go quickly, so I triple the recipe - a pound of pitted dates, and 12 ounces of goat cheese. (A 6 ounce can of roasted salted almonds is more than enough - a snack for me when I’m done stuffing). I stuff until I run out of goat cheese, and get about 75 stuffed dates.
    • The dates can be made up to a day ahead of time, and refrigerated. Take them out of the refrigerator an hour before serving so they can come back to room temperature.
    • We did a taste test with low-salt roasted almonds, regular roasted salted almonds, and smoked almonds. My favorite was the roasted almonds - they had a bigger almond taste than the low salt almonds - while my wife preferred the smoked almonds.

    What do you think?

    Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.

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    Comments

    1. kd says

      December 22, 2018 at 7:36 pm

      We brought these to a bring-an-appetizer party. The host called the next day to say that they had the leftovers for breakfast, and they were looking for more, A 100% hit,

      Reply
    2. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      December 23, 2014 at 8:47 pm

      You’re right. It feels so good...

      Reply
    3. Stephanie says

      December 23, 2014 at 8:32 pm

      You win! Love it when we convince the kiddos to try something and they discover - the shock! - they actually like it. Nicely done.

      Reply

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