Cucumber, Blackberry, and Peach Salad with Fresh Herbs
Biting into your first juicy, sweet peach of the season is such a joyous experience. Cucumber, Blackberry, and Peach Salad with Fresh Herbs takes advantage of the season and is a great combination of mouthwatering peaches, crunchy cucumbers, creamy feta, sweet and tart blackberries and a zesty vinaigrette. There’s no cooking necessary. Enjoy this simple, beautiful, refreshing salad that’s perfect for the lazy, hot days of summer.
Jump to RecipeMaking the Vinaigrette
The ingredients for the vinaigrette are white wine vinegar, lemon, shallot and kosher salt. Place finely chopped shallot in a small bowl and season with a big pinch of salt. Add lemon zest and juice. Then add vinegar and combine. Let sit 10 minutes.
Salad Ingredients and Prep
Organize and prep the base ingredients for the salad – sliced peaches, cucumbers sliced and cut into wedges, blackberries, feta, and fresh herbs. Salt the cucumbers and peaches. Then spoon 1/2 of the vinaigrette over the cucumbers and the other 1/2 over the peaches and toss gently to coat.
Cucumber, Blackberry, and Peach Salad with Fresh Herbs
Arrange cucumbers and peaches on a medium-to-large serving platter. Add blackberries and feta and season with salt and pepper. Top salad with fresh herbs. Finish salad by squeezing 1/2 lemon over top. Serve!
Cucumber, Blackberry, and Peach Salad with Fresh Herbs
Ingredients
VINAIGRETTE
- 1 shallot finely chopped
- Kosher salt
- 1 lemon zested and 1/2 of lemon squeezed
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar I used White Balsamic Vinegar
SALAD AND ASSEMBLY
- 8 small cucumbers skin on, sliced into ¼"-thick wedges and rounds, (6 small cucumbers can be combined with 1 English hothouse cucumber, if desired)
- 2 lbs. yellow peaches or nectarines skin on, sliced into ¾"-thick wedges, approximately 6 peaches
- 1/3 cup Feta crumbled, I prefer French and Israeli feta because they are both creamier than the traditional greek Feta
- freshly ground black pepper
- Kosher salt
- handful of basil, mint and/or dill torn if large
- 1 lemon halved and then squeezed onto fruit salad before serving
Instructions
VINAIGRETTE
- Place chopped shallot in a small bowl and season with a big pinch of salt. Add lemon zest and juice. Then add vinegar and combine. Let sit 10 minutes.
SALAD AND ASSEMBLY
- Place cucumbers and peaches in a medium bowl and season with salt. Spoon vinaigrette over and toss gently to coat.
- Before assembling the dish, gently give the cucumbers and peaches another toss.
- Arrange cucumbers and peaches on a medium-to-large serving platter. Add blackberries and feta and season with salt and pepper. Top salad with fresh herbs. Finish salad by squeezing 1/2 lemon over top. Serve!
Notes
Recipe is from Bon Appétit and slightly modified by me.
If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Smashed Cucumber Salad with Za’atar and Feta, Arugula with Figs, Peaches and Goat Cheese Crumbles and Granola, and Roasted Beet Salad with Feta and Toasted Pecans.
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The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.
