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Pistachio-Stuffed Dates with Coconut

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Whole Living, January/February 2012
  • Yield Makes 16
    Serves 4
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachios
  • Pinch of coarse salt
  • 16 dates, pitted
  • 1 tablespoon toasted unsweetened shredded coconut

Directions

  1. In a food processor, puree pistachios until a thick paste forms, about 5 minutes. Season with salt. Spoon mixture into dates. Top with coconut.

Recipe Reviews

  • skspillman
    3 Feb, 2012

    This was definitely my favorite snack in Week 1, and I will continue to make it from now on! My boyfriend liked them too! Instead of putting the pistachios in the food processor, I stuffed the dates with them whole and then sprinkled the coconut and sea salt on top. Loved the crunchiness of doing it that way rather than making the paste.

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  • 802karen
    13 Jan, 2012

    Love the dates but maybe our pistachios were stale. Hated the filling, preferred just the dates - straight up. Also finding unsweetened coconut in these parts is a 45 minute venture so I did without.

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  • bibliodiosa
    13 Jan, 2012

    These are dangerous! So delicious and good. They kind of remind me of baklava, without the phyllo of course. I'm making more tonight!

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  • Mindy_R
    12 Jan, 2012

    The flavor combination is really wonderful, and these were a crowd pleaser. It didn't take us the full 10 minutes to grind the pistachios into a paste. I'd agree that our paste was a bit dry. I might try adding some fresh orange juice to the pistachio paste next time to thin it out a bit.

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  • kbouissey
    6 Jan, 2012

    This is by far one of my favorite snacks! I've never had dates before now, and I am hooked! The flavors just worked really well together...well worth the time taken to grind the pistachios.

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  • kprennix
    5 Jan, 2012

    It takes a while to grind the nuts into a paste. Our paste was very dry. The coconut makes all the difference in the world. A nice sweet treat.

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