Algerian Stuffed Dates Recipe

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The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Algerian Stuffed Dates Recipe. Enjoy the Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make Algerian Stuffed Dates. 

This combination of dusky dates and tinted marzipan is a North African tradition.

Yield: 24 dates (serving size: 1 stuffed date)

Ingredients

24 Medjool dates (about 1 pound)
2 drops green food coloring (optional)
2/3 cup marzipan (almond paste)
2 teaspoons powdered sugar

Preparation

Cut a lengthwise slit down the center, but not through, each date; remove seeds.
 
Sprinkle food coloring over marzipan, if desired; gently knead 4 to 5 times or until color is incorporated into marzipan. Divide marzipan mixture evenly among dates; stuff into slits. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Source: Cooking Light, MAY 2001

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