Blue Cheese, Walnut And Dates Syrup Little Boats

Name: Blue cheese, walnut and date syrup little boats
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 endives ((chicory)); 100 g walnuts; 100 g blue cheese ((soft)); 3-4 tbsp date syrup; 2 tbsp sunflower seeds ((optional, toasted))

Modified: Dec 29, 2021 · Published: Jan 8, 2017 · by Ramona

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This blue cheese, walnut and date syrup boats is such a must-try recipe, a perfect combination and marriage of ingredients.

I have made this over the Christmas period and my mum tried it too. She was very intrigued by the combo and she noted down the recipe, saying she'll prepare the 'boats' again, for my dad as well pretty soon when she reaches home. This must be good then.

Truthfully, you eat those and your whole mouth will be so overwhelmed with joy. It's all very tasty and equally healthy.

This can be a beautiful appetizer, snack or a nice, fine start to any meal.

It is impressive, it's all I could say for both eyes and taste buds.
The beauty of this is that it's ready in a flash and all you will need is 4 ingredients.

Yes, only four! Or...5 ?

A generous white plate full of blue cheese, walnut and date syrup boats.

Blue cheese, walnut and date syrup little boats

This simple recipe contains just a few ingredients like walnuts, blue cheese, endives and date syrup and it can be an absolute saviour when entertaining.

5 from 14 votes

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Course: Appetizer, Snack, Starter

Cuisine: Mediterranean, Ramona's Cuisine

Keyword: appetiser, blue cheese, date syrup, easy starter recipe, endives, entree, sunflower seeds, walnuts

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 334kcal

Author: Ramona Sebastian

Ingredients

2 endives (chicory)
100 g walnuts
100 g blue cheese (soft)
3-4 tbsp date syrup
2 tbsp sunflower seeds (optional, toasted)

Instructions

Wash the endives and shake off the water.
Remove each leaf and place on a serving plate.
On each leaf place two pieces of walnut and two crumbs of cheese.
When finished all to arrange, drizzle carefully the dates syrup making sure each leaf gets a fair share.
Optionally finish off with a sprinkle of toasted sunflower seeds.
It's as simple as this. No fuss. ??

Notes

I normally use either a beautiful creamy blue cheese or a Stilton. Use any good quality blue cheese.

Most of the time I do toast the walnuts for that extra taste and flavour but raw ones will do beautifully. Try both and see which one you prefer better.

If you don’t happen to have dates syrup you can equally use a good old honey, maple or agave syrup as well as coconut nectar. A homemade runny fruit jam would suffice too!

Endives... oh... lovely, healthy and yummy in my tummy ;-))

Close-up of an endive 'boat' full of delicious blue cheese, date syrup and walnuts.

... what a beautiful and truly healthy stuff this is! If you've never tried it, dare!

Dare and share, I'd say!. I'm sure you will be absolutely delighted with this. ??

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Comments

Choclette says

August 07, 2019 at 2:02 pm

These little boats sound so delicious. I think I might want my walnuts toasted, but if they're good ones, untoasted would be good too.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 12, 2019 at 12:02 am
  
  Thank you Choclette, toasting the nuts makes such a difference. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this ?
  
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Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

August 07, 2019 at 7:57 pm

How adorable these little boats look and this will be such a lovely finger food for parties. The ingredients you have used are so exquisite and I am tempted to try them to see how they taste together.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 12, 2019 at 12:05 am
  
  Thank you Sandhya, I’m sure you’ll like the combo. Let me know if you try and how you liked it. Thank you again.
  
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GUNJAN C Dudani says

August 07, 2019 at 8:17 pm

WOW! This is such an interesting appetizer. Quick and pretty. I love the fact that you have mentioned the alternatives to date syrup so its definitely happening in my kitchen soon.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 12, 2019 at 12:06 am
  
  Thank you so much, let me know how you have found it. I’d really love to hear ?
  
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Byron Thomas says

August 08, 2019 at 8:43 am

I love this! Such a wonderful and easy to prepare little appetizer. We loved the creaminess of the blue cheese coupled with the crunch of the endive and the walnuts. I did toast the walnuts. I think it made a huge difference.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 21, 2019 at 4:32 pm
  
  Thank you so much Byron, toasted walnuts add so much flavour and texture to the recipe indeed. I’m so happy you liked the recipe ?
  
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Fiorenza says

August 08, 2019 at 10:11 am

Perfectly combined ingredients, great on an endive leaves. They are an excellent base for other dishes too, a very successful idea. I did not find the date syrup, but I used the maple syrup as you suggested, it was super.
Thank you for sharing!

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- Ramona says
  
  August 09, 2019 at 10:29 am
  
  Thank you so much dear Fiorenza. Maple syrup is as good and delivers very well the necessary sweetness this appetiser needs to be just perfect.
  Thank you again and I’m so happy you liked the recipe ??
  
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Danielle says

August 08, 2019 at 5:04 pm

Ah, this is a wonderful way to entrtain a goup of friends. I am sure it is not often that one gets to taste something as nice-looking as this. Perfect appetizer for the weekend!

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- Ramona says
  
  August 09, 2019 at 8:22 am
  
  Thank you so much dear Danielle, I am so happy you like the recipe.
  
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Michelle says

August 09, 2019 at 3:23 pm

Love these for a beautiful appetizer! Simply delicious! Such a great idea.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm
  
  Thanks Michelle.
  
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Susan says

August 11, 2019 at 11:12 am

You had me at blue cheese! And the date syrup sounds amazing!

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- Ramona says
  
  August 11, 2019 at 6:05 pm
  
  Thank you dear Susan, it’s so nice, right? A must have indeed ?
  
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Brian Jones says

August 12, 2019 at 4:35 am

Such a great flavour combination, I use blue cheese and walnuts in a few recipes but the addition of the date syrup was fantastic.

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- Ramona says
  
  August 15, 2019 at 4:42 pm
  
  Thank you Brian ?
  
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- Ramona says
  
  August 21, 2019 at 4:26 pm
  
  Thank you so much dear Brian. I’m so happy you liked the recipe. It’s such a regular over here ...?
  
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Beth Neels says

August 13, 2019 at 10:19 am

These are so simple and delicious! I made them for lunch one day and then I had to make them for an appetizer for picnic last weekend! They were a big hit and everyone raved about them! Thanks for the easy recipe!

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- Ramona says
  
  August 16, 2019 at 3:28 pm
  
  Thank you so much dear Beth. I’m so happy you guys liked them. Easy and delish ?
  
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Mauria says

June 26, 2020 at 3:43 am

Really delicious combination, I have used maple syrup and it was really really good, I am sure honey is as good if not better. I will definitely make this again.

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- Ramona says
  
  July 10, 2020 at 5:54 pm
  
  I am so glad you loved it Mauria, we love this too 😉
  
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Lavada says

June 26, 2020 at 3:15 pm

What a wonderful idea this recipe is. I have made it for work yesterday and shared with some of my colleagues, they absolutely loved it and asked for the details so I have recommended your site for some really wonderful recipes. I have made quite a few of your recipes and they were all delicious. I always come back to see what is new 😉

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- Ramona says
  
  July 10, 2020 at 5:47 pm
  
  Thank you so much dear Lavada, you are most kind and I love to hear you e are a true fan of Ramona's cuisine 😉 Thanks again!
  
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