Dubliner Salad with Dates and Nuts

Name: Dubliner Salad with Dates and Nuts
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: Whole Hazelnuts; Chopped Brazil Nuts; Pitted Date; Sugar; Unsalted Butter; Crème Fraiche; Lemon; Chopped Chives; Crumbled Dubliner Cheese; Grated Extra Sharp Cheddar; Seedless Cucumber; Diced Shallot; Apple Cider Vinegar; White Vinegar; Chopped Dill; Iceberg Lettuce Head; Butter Lettuce Head; Crumbled Dubliner Cheese

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Ingredients (17)

Date and Nut Mixture:
2/3 Cup hazelnuts (I used brazil nuts)
2-3 dates, pitted
1 Teaspoon sugar
1 Teaspoon unsalted butter
Dressing:
1 Cup creme fraiche (I used 1/2 Cup sour cream, 1/2 Cup yogurt, and a few Tablespoons of cream)
1/2 lemon, juice only
1 Tablespoon chives, chopped
2 Tablespoons Dubliner cheese, crumbled (or extra sharp cheddar)
Cucumber topping:
1 seedless cucumber, peeled and diced
2 Tablespoons shallots, diced
1 Teaspoon apple cider vinegar (I used standard white vinegar)
1 Tablespoon chopped dill
1 small head iceberg lettuce (original recipe uses butter lettuce of course)
More Dubliner cheese for topping salad