CANDIES WITH PISTACHIO CREAM

I really love dates and the sweets made from them, which always sparks new ideas for creating more candy using dates. This time, I drew inspiration from the incredibly popular chocolate from Dubai, but of course, this is a much healthier version - allow me to present to you dates filled with creamy pistachio filling.

Ingredients

For filling:

• 1 cup of coconut cream (made by chilling a can of coconut milk and separating the cream from the liquid)

• ½ cup of pistachios

• ½ cup of soaked cashews

• 6 soaked dates

• Vanilla extract

For candies:

• Medjool dates

• Dark chocolate (I use at least 70% of cocoa)

• Chopped pistachios

• Salt

Instructions

I put the ingredients for the pistachio cream into an S-shaped mixer and blend everything well. Then, I place the cream in the refrigerator for at least a few hours.

Now, I’m making the candies:

I remove the pits from the Medjool dates.

I melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

For each date, I fill it with a creamy filling. Then, I drizzle melted chocolate on top and sprinkle with crushed pistachios and a bit of salt.

I place them in the refrigerator until the chocolate hardens.

BON APPETIT!