Dates with Goat Cheese Wrapped in Prosciutto

Name: Dates with Goat Cheese Wrapped in Prosciutto
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup soft herbed goat cheese; 1 16 Medjool dates, pitted; 1 16 large basil leaves; 1 4 wide, thin slices prosciutto di Parma, each cut into 4 long strips; 1 16 toothpicks; 1 soaked in water 10 minutes

From the kitchen of Carly

Sweet Medjool dates stuffed with herbed goat cheese, wrapped in silky prosciutto and fresh basil, then broiled until the cheese bubbles. Salty, creamy, herbaceous, and impossibly elegant. The kind of bite that disappears in one satisfying moment.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

11/3 cup soft herbed goat cheese
116 Medjool dates, pitted
116 large basil leaves
14 wide, thin slices prosciutto di Parma, each cut into 4 long strips
116 toothpicks
1soaked in water 10 minutes

Instructions

Heat broiler to low. Spoon 1 teaspoon cheese into each date; wrap with a basil leaf, then a prosciutto strip. Secure with a toothpick. Broil until cheese bubbles, about 3 minutes. Serve warm.