Date and Nut Tortellini with Cherry Custard

DATE AND NUT TORTELLINI WITH CHERRY CUSTARD. Dates and nuts lovers and pasta fans. Did you ever imagined to have tortellini for dessert…..well try this one!!!

Serves: 6 to 8

Ingredients.

1/3 cup chopped dates

3 teaspoons Creme de Cacao

40gr white chocolate, melted

75gr packaged cream cheese, softened

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/3 cup chopped roasted hazelnuts

1/2 quantity plain pasta dough

1 egg, lightly beaten

CHERRY CUSTARD.

3 egg yolks

1/4 cup castor sugar

300ml carton thickened cream

1 tablespoon Kirsch

425g can stoneless black cherries, drained

Combine dates and liqueur in bowl, cover, stand 1 hour Blend or process date mixture, chocolate, cheese and cinnamon until smooth, stir in nuts.

Cut pasta dough in half, roll each half until lmm thick, cut Into 8cm rounds Top each round with 1 level teaspoon of date mixture, brush edges of rounds with water, fold in half, pressing edges to seal

Brush corners with water, pinch together. Lightly sprinkle tortellini with extra flour. Add pasta to large pan of boiling water, boll, uncovered, until just tender, drain

Just before serving, place tortellini on lightly greased oven tray, brush with egg, bake in hot oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned Serve hot with cherry custard

Cherry Custard Beat egg yolks and sugar In small bowl with electric mixer until thick and pale.

Heat cream in pan until bubbles appear, do not boil. Whisk egg yolk mixture into cream, stir over heat, without boiling, until mixture thickens slightly, stir in liqueur Add cherries

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