Almond-Stuffed Dates

Almond-stuffed dates are a festive treat. This version puts a simple almond paste into already pitted dates.

Ingredients

• 400 g pitted dates
• 140 g blanched ground almonds
• 50 g icing sugar
• 20 ml food-grade orange blossom water

Preparation

Check that the twenty dates are pitted and clean. Open them on one side without separating the two halves.

Mix the ground almonds with the icing sugar. Gradually add the orange blossom water to form a homogeneous and moldable paste.

Divide this filling into twenty small rolls of the same size, adapted to the cavity of the dates.

Fill each date without tearing it and smooth the filling with clean fingers.

Arrange on a plate, cover, and keep cool until serving. This egg-free version does not contain chocolate or food coloring.