Name: Parmesan-Stuffed Dates
Cook time: 5 minutes
Total time: 5 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 16 dates; 1/4-pound hunk of good-quality Parmesan; A little good-quality olive oil and arugula leaves or parsley sprigs if you want to be fancy

Editor's note: This recipe is from Erika Lenkert's book, The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining For Lenkert's tips on throwing a last-minute New Year's Eve party, click here.

A luscious combination of salty and sweet, these pop-in-your-mouth morsels look especially pretty when arranged on a platter and sprinkled with chopped parsley.

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