Editor's note: This recipe is from Erika Lenkert's book, The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining For Lenkert's tips on throwing a last-minute New Year's Eve party, click here.
A luscious combination of salty and sweet, these pop-in-your-mouth morsels look especially pretty when arranged on a platter and sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Recipe information
Total Time
5 minutes
Yield
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
16 dates
1/4-pound hunk of good-quality Parmesan
A little good-quality olive oil and arugula leaves or parsley sprigs if you want to be fancy
Preparation
Step 1
Cut a slit in each date and remove the pit.
Step 2
With a dull knife cut random hunks of Parmesan (slightly larger than the size of an almond) off your block of cheese.
Step 3
Slip a piece of cheese into each date; if desired, garnish with olive oil and arugula or parsley.
Reprinted with permission from The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining by Erika Lenkert. © May 2003 McGraw-Hill
