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Tea-soaked dates with mascarpone

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★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews

This is so simple it hardly needs a recipe, but so delicious that it demands one. The creamy mascarpone offsets earthy, caramel-like dates and malty black tea. I found that it reminded me of these White Rabbit candies I grew up with, in an odd but fantastic way.

Barely adapted from Julia Turshen’s Small Victories.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup halved and pitted dates (I used some magical honey dates from Nuts.com, but good Medjool ones are wonderful, of course)
  • 8 oz strong black tea, brewed from 3-4 tea bags
  • 1/2 cup Vermont Creamery mascarpone

Instructions

  1. Place the dates in a medium bowl and pour the black tea over the dates. Let sit for 5 minutes, then drain and serve the dates with mascarpone for spreading. Enjoy!

Notes

You can reserve the tea to drink, diluted a bit with water if needed — it’s naturally sweet from the dates!

Find it online: https://tworedbowls.com/2017/02/08/tea-soaked-dates-mascarpone/