My Recipes - Fresh Dates With Blue Cheese

This is one of those really simple ideas where the whole far
exceeds the sum of the parts….a flavour explosion. As with any
simple recipe, it is really critical that you use the highest quality
ingredients. So make sure you use the best fresh dates you can
get your hands on. If all you have is supermarket pitted dates you
would be better off to turn them into sticky date pudding and save
this recipe for another day.

The dates are a great thing to serve at the end of a casual dinner
when you want something simple to go with some warming
Rutherglen Muscat or a luscious Botrytis Semillon (Sauterne).

 6 - 8 dates
 blue cheese, such as gorgonzola

Cut a slit down one side of each date and remove the seed.
Fill the cavity with a chunk of blue cheese.

Serve at room temperature with a good grind of black pepper.