Best Date And Walnut Spread Recipes

Date & Nut Dip or Spread image

Provided by Mandy

Categories Fruit

Time 3m

Yield 1 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

250 g Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup dates, chopped
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 -2 drop almond essence (or flavoured essence of your choice)

Steps:

Beat softened cream cheese until smooth, blend in milk.
Add dates, almonds, cinnamon and almond essence, mix well & chill.
Serve with cracker biscuits or fresh fruit as a dip or use as a spread on bagels, mmm yum!

Date-Nut Sandwich Spread image

Provided by C G

Categories Spreads

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 c dried dates, pitted ( for this recipe i chose deglet noor dates, always unsulphured)
2/3 c cream cheese, softened (reduced fat cream cheese not recommended)
1/3 c walnuts (you can substitute pecans, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, pine nuts)
1 pinch ground cardamom or cinnamon (freshly grated nutmeg is good with this spread, too!)
sandwich bread, crackers, english muffins, crumpets, etc. to use with the spread

Steps:

1. Finely chop the dates either by hand. (use a wet knife-it makes slicing easier!) Or, place coarsely chopped dates in a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
2. Stir together the softened cream cheese and nuts by hand or add it to the food processor (along with the spice, if using. If using a food processor, process with the PULSE on/off function. Process the mixture until everything is combined and the dates are as finely chopped as possible.
3. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.