Pancetta-Wrapped Dates Stuffed With Manchego Cheese And Mint
- 20 Medjool dates
- 20 whole fresh mint leaves
- 1 3-ounce piece Manchego cheese,* cut into twenty 1 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4-inch strips
- 4 3-ounce packages thinly sliced pancetta (Italian bacon)
- Cut small slice off 1 short end of each date and discard. Using tweezers or needle-nose pliers, carefully remove pits from dates through small opening; discard pits. Place 1 mint leaf across opening of 1 date, covering cavity. Using 1 cheese strip, push mint leaf and cheese into date cavity. Using fingers, pinch date opening closed. Repeat with remaining dates, mint leaves, and cheese strips. Wrap 3 pancetta slices securely around each date, enclosing date completely. Place pancetta-wrapped dates on baking sheet, spacing slightly apart. DO AHEAD:
- Preheat oven to 375u0b0F. Bake dates uncovered until pancetta is crisp and bottoms of dates caramelize, about 30 minutes. Using tongs, transfer dates to platter and serve warm.
dates, mint, manchego cheese, pancetta
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pancetta-wrapped-dates-stuffed-with-manchego-cheese-and-mint-357331 (may not work)