Walnut-Stuffed Jujube

The red date stuffed with walnut (核桃枣, He Tao Zao) is a traditional Chinese dried fruit: a dried and stoned jujube (red date), filled with a whole walnut half. The soft, naturally sweet flesh of the fruit wraps the crunch of the nut, a contrast the tradition is fond of, to the point of making it a classic of the grocery shops and of Chinese festive tables.

Eaten as it comes, as a snack, or to accompany tea, its most common pairing.

Ingredients: jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), WALNUT (Juglans regia).

An everyday snack in northern China, the walnut-stuffed date traditionally accompanies the afternoon tea.

The jujube (Warm nature, sweet flavour) and the walnut kernel come together here in the tradition of winter dried fruits, offered at festivals and on family visits.

• A snack: as it is, 2 to 3 fruits
• With tea: it goes naturally with teas and infusions
• Sweet soups (Tang Shui): cut in half in the traditional sweet soups

Contains tree nuts (walnut). Naturally sweet: to be adjusted for those watching how much sugar they take.