This Tomato Peach Salad is summer at its best! Ripe tomatoes and peaches are tossed with onions, peppery basil, salty feta and a tangy vinaigrette.
It’s hard to get tired of summer products! We’ve only been eating seasonally for a few years, but we can’t imagine getting enough of tomatoes or juicy Indiana peaches. This weekend was a special weekend that called for a special meal—my mom was in town from Minnesota for a girls’ weekend! We had a blast visiting some of our favorite spots in Indy…including the Broad Ripple Farmer’s Market, where we picked up some amazing heirloom tomatoes and perfectly ripe peaches. Keep reading what we made of it: this tomato and peach salad recipe.
Make this Tomato Peach Salad
This tomato and peach salad was inspired by the peach panzanella my mom and I ate at Bluebeard’s restaurant the night before, and Laura’s panzanella at First Mess this summer (so cute!). We originally wanted to try a panzanella, an Italian salad made from dried cubes of bread. Having no stale bread on hand though, we just didn’t like the idea of buying bread and turning on our oven to dry in the heat!
So we left out the bread and turned the idea into a tomato and peach salad. The salad turned out perfect, everything perfectly balanced. Sweet peach versus sour tomato, peppery basil versus salty feta, and a slightly sweet vinaigrette made from sherry vinegar and honey. This peach salad was a great side to our meal!
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This recipe is…
This Tomato Peach Salad is vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free.
The description
This Tomato Peach Salad is summer at its best! Ripe tomatoes and peaches are tossed with onions, peppery basil, salty feta and a tangy vinaigrette.
- ½ Red onion
- 2 big peaches
- 2 big tomatoes
- ½ cup wrapped fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar (or red or white wine vinegar)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tbsp Honey
- ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
- Kosher salt
- Ground fresh pepper
- Thinly slice the red onion; Place in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Squeeze and release the onion slices about 5-6 times; Drain the water and repeat the squeezing and rinsing cycle 2 more times. Place the slices back in the bowl and cover with cold water while you assemble the salad.
- Dice the peaches and tomatoes. Cut the basil into thin strips.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sherry vinegar, olive oil, honey, 2 pinches of kosher salt, and several freshly ground peppercorns.
- Drain and squeeze the onions. In a large bowl, gently toss the onions with the tomatoes, peaches, basil, dressing and a few pinches of kosher salt. Sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese and serve.
- Category: salad
- Method: Raw
- Kitchen: American
Keywords: Peach salad, peach salad with tomatoes, peach and tomato salad
