Pancetta Wrapped Dates
By: Stephan Schaff
Published: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 1:08pm

Ingredients




10 Dates
10 pieces of thinly sliced Pancetta
1/2 teaspoon fresh chopped dill weed
1/2 cup Mascarpone

Preparation

1 De-seed the date by slicing open the date from top to bottom (being the top the stem side). Chop dill weed mix with mascarpone. Fill the date with this mixture using a mini piping bag and tip. Wrap the thinly sliced pancetta around the filled date. 2 Now you have two ways of cooking. 3 Drop into deep frier untill the pancetta is crisp about 3-5 minutes. 4 Bake in oven at 350 untill the pancetta is crisp about 8-10 minutes. 5 Great little appetizer