Snacks & baking
Date paste
A soft, sweet paste made from dates blended with butter and almonds. Enjoy it as small bites at snack time or at the end of a meal; it keeps for several days.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
293 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 3.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 35.9 g
- of which sugars
- 35.1 g
- Fat
- 13.9 g
- of which saturated fat
- 5.2 g
- Fiber
- 5.4 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Toast the almonds dry in a pan for 3 minutes, until they smell good, then roughly chop them.
- Melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan.
- Add the dates, cut into pieces, and let them soften for 5 minutes, stirring.
- Blend the dates with the melted butter, sugar, orange blossom water and cinnamon until you get a smooth paste.
- Stir in the chopped almonds, then shape small balls or one large flat cake.
- Let it cool and store in the fridge in an airtight box.
Variations and tips
With walnuts. Replace the almonds with walnuts, which give a slightly more woody flavour.
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Original Ecomely recipe.