Ingredients

• 3/4 cup pecans, chopped and toasted
• 3/4 cup Essencia or other orange Muscat dessert wine
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 pints premium-quality vanilla ice cream
• 12 large Deglet or Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
• 2 pints orange or tangerine sherbet
• 6 sprigs fresh mint

Instructions

1. In small bowl, combine pecans and wine. In large bowl, whip cream until it holds soft peaks.
2. Spoon 1 scoop vanilla ice cream into each of 6 glass serving dishes or parfait glasses. Top each with 1 tablespoon dates and 1 tablespoon pecan mixture. Next, top each with 1 scoop sherbet and remaining pecan mixture. Finish each glass with whipped cream and remaining dates, and garnish each with 1 sprig of mint. Serve immediately.