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Peach Salad with Mozzarella & Verjuice

Made by Anastasia - Serves: 4 Filed Under: Gourmet Salads, Salad Index, Summer Salads, Vegetarian

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This luscious peach salad with mozzarella is simple and delicious- perfect for summer entertaining. Marinating the peaches in nutmeg and verjuice makes this salad truly sensational.

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PEACH SALAD IN PORTRAIT

This salad features beautiful summer peaches that have been soaked in verjuice and nutmeg. The perfumed peaches are a good match for the creamy mozzarella and peppery rocket.

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  • Let's Talk Ingredients & Substitutions!
  • How to Make this Salad
  • What to serve Peach Salad with
  • Try some more of our stone fruit salad recipes
  • Peach Salad Recipe Card
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Let's Talk Ingredients & Substitutions!

This can be a versatile salad that you can make with pretty much any stone fruit, any green and any white soft cheese. I have included some ideas for substitutions for you.

  • PEACHES - We have used sweet peaches in this salad which can easily be replaced with similar stone fruits such as nectarines or plums.
  • ROCKET/ARUGULA - to provide a nice peppery note to this salad, but feel free to substitute with any substantial greens such as baby spinach or cos (romaine) lettuce, even massaged kale or silverbeet would work well here.
  • MOZZARELLA - we have used one large buffalo mozzarella ball cut into slices for this salad. A whole burrata would be absolutely sensational as it is wonderfully creamy.
    You could also try bocconcini or baby bocconcini as they are so similar.
    For some bite and tang, try a creamy goats cheese or some crumbled feta.
  • MINT - added for it's wonderful arom, as an alternative, you could also try some summer basil.
  • VERJUICE - is made from the juice of unfermented grapes. Used it as a gentle acidulent wherever you might find lemon juice or vinegar too tart.
    As a replacement, I suggest seasoned rice vinegar or 2 tablespoons of either lemon juice or dry white wine vinegar with ¼ teaspoon of honey for the sweetness needed in this recipe.
CLOSE UP OF PEACH SALAD IN PORTRAIT VIEW

How to Make this Salad

1To marinate the peaches…
Wash your peaches, cut them in half and remove the pit. Then slice thinly with a sharp knife. Wash your mint, pat dry, pick the leaves from the stems and roughly chop. Freshly grate your nutmeg.
Put the peaches, mint leaves, nutmeg and verjuice in a shallow dish and mix gently until combined. Let stand for 15 minutes to marinate and allow the flavours to develop.

  • THINLY SLICING HALVED PEACHES
    THINLY SLICE YOUR PEACHES
  • PEACHES MARINATING IN VERJUICE, NUTMEG & MINT
    MARINATE YOUR PEACHES

2To make the salad…
Wash your rocket (arugula), remove any damaged or wilted leaves, shake then either pat dry with a towel or spin dry in a salad spinner to remove excess water. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
Drain your mozzarella ball and slice it into quarters.

  • Arugula or rocket being dried in a salad spinner.
    WASH & DRY YOUR ROCKET
  • SLICING MOZZARELLA BALL
    DRAIN & SLICE YOUR MOZARELLA

3To assemble your salad
Add the peach mixture and the rocket to a mixing bowl, add the olive oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss gently.
Taste and adjust flavourings according to your taste adding more verjuice, nutmeg or salt and pepper as you feel is necessary (this will depend on how sweet or tart your peaches are).
Arrange in a salad bowl and serve immediately.

  • PEACH SALAD INGRDIENTS IN A MIXING BOWL
    ADD INGREDIENTS TO A BOWL
  • TOSSING PEACH SALAD TOGETHER
    TOSS GENTLY UNTIL COMBINED

What to serve Peach Salad with

A salad that is so good that you will want to keep it in your salad repertoire and make it again and again. It pairs well with almost anything but especially with white meats or gamey meats such as duck. Try it with...

  • Mustard pork chops
  • Lamb cutlets
  • Duck
  • Whole BBQ salmon

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Peach Salad with Mozzarella & Verjuice

This luscious peach salad with mozzarella is simple and delicious- perfect for summer entertaining the. Marinating the peaches in nutmeg and verjuice makes this salad truly sensational. 
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
To Marinate: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
* Times are an estimate and will depend on your skill level
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Easy
Servings: 4 as a side
Calories: 282kcal
Author: Anastasia
Equipment
  • Salad Spinner
Ingredients
For the nectarines...
  • 3 peaches (approximately 400 grams)
  • ¼ cup mint leaves (approximately 3 stems)
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated)
  • 5 tbsps verjuice
For the salad...
  • 90 grams baby rocket (arugula) (approximately 3 cups)
  • 4 tbsps olive oil
  • 125 grams mozzarella (1 large mozzrella ball)
  • Sea salt and cracked black pepper
  • Mint leaves to garnish
Metric - Imperial
Instructions
  • Wash your peaches, cut them in half, remove the pit and slice thinly.
  • Wash your mint, pat dry, pick the leaves from the stems and roughly chop. Freshly grate your nutmeg.
  • Place the peaches, mint leaves, nutmeg and verjuice in a shallow dish and mix gently until combined. Let stand for 15 minutes.
  • Wash and dry your rocket (arugula), then slice your mozzarella ball.
  • Put all your ingredients to a mixing bowl, season and toss gently. Taste and adjust seasonings and flavourings according to your taste.
  • Arrange in a salad platter or bowl and serve immediately.

Notes

  1. If you can’t find verjuice you may substitute with white wine vinegar adding a little melted honey depending on how sweet or tart your nectarines are.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 205mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1231IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 207mg | Iron: 1mg
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Anastasia is a home cook introduced to cooking at a young age (8 years old) and hasn’t gotten out of the kitchen since! She had her own coffee shop and ran her own catering business for over a decade. Her love of salads developed as she was always the one responsible for making the salads for family get-togethers and friends functions.

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