Grilled peach salad with goat’s cheese

Serves: 4
Prep: 10
Cook: 10

Grilling or roasting in-season peaches, and pairing it with creamy goat’s cheese, feta or ricotta works so beautifully. Makes for a simple, but spectacular result- the perfect wow-factor salad.

Ingredients

  • 4 peaches, yellow or white
  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ⅓ cup of walnuts
  • ¼ red onion
  • 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 small radicchio or 120g packet of rocket
  • 50g goat’s cheese or feta
  • Basil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method

  1. Step 1

    Halve peaches and remove the stone. Heat extra virgin olive oil in a fry pan on medium heat. Place peaches into a fry pan and grill for 5 minutes until caramelised and flip over.
  2. Step 2

    Roughly chop walnuts and set aside.
  3. Step 3

    Finely chop red onion.
  4. Step 4

    In a small bowl add white wine vinegar and honey, mix together until combined. Then add your finely chopped red onion, stir together and let sit for 5 minutes.
  5. Step 5

    On a serving plate start to layer your radicchio or rocket.
  6. Step 6

    Add peaches then sprinkle chopped walnuts, goat’s cheese / feta, basil and pour over the red onion dressing on top of your salad.
  7. Step 7

    Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.

Tips

  • Use ripe and juicy peaches, making sure the fry pan isn’t too hot when grilling.
  • Canned peaches can be used instead of fresh.