Name: Peach Caprese Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 fresh peaches, chopped or sliced; 2 fresh large tomatoes, sliced; 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, chopped or sliced; fresh basil leaves (I used about 15 small); extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling (I used about 2 tablespoons); balsamic vinegar or glaze, for drizzling (I used about 1 tablespoon); sea salt (I like pink himalayan); black pepper, optional

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Peach Caprese Salad is a wonderful summer side dish, appetizer or even a meal! Mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, peaches and basil makes a fresh and satisfying dish.

Peach Caprese Salad on white plate with balsamic glaze and basil on top

Fresh tomatoes with sea salt is one of my favorite things. I’ve been known to go to the farmer’s market and ONLY buy tomatoes.

So it’s no wonder that even though I intended to replace the tomatoes with peaches for this recipe, I ended up adding them in anyway without really thinking.

Speaking of caprese salad: Caprese is one of those words I used to not know how to pronounce. Is it two syllables? Three? Accents? I had no idea.

Luckily we have this thing called google now that tells me it’s three syllables: “cah-prey-zay.”

Except adding “peach” in front of it makes me want to say it with two syllables, because it kind of rhymes (peach ca-prees?).

But don’t do that. It’s three syllables. Fact of the day.

slides peaches and tomato with basil leaves and cheese on white plate

Another fact about me: I have a hard time keeping plants alive. Any kind of plant, really. Even plants that are supposed to be hard to kill.

Like basil. Apparently basil is easy to grow, but any time I buy a plant it ceases to produce any more leaves.

So the basil leaves I could pick off my current plant are fairly small for this salad.

If you grow big basil leaves, more power to you. But when I say 15 basil leaves, remember mine are TINY leaves.

peach caprese salad with balsamic drizzle on top

Finally: there is big debate on whether to put balsamic vinegar on a caprese salad.

Definitely don’t go overboard (see: chopped caprese salad for example), and leave it off if you’re offended, but – so pretty!

(P.S. I actually found balsamic glaze for this one so it doesn’t look as messy!)

Yield: 4

Peach Caprese Salad

Peach Caprese Salad is a wonderful summer side dish, appetizer or even a meal! Mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, peaches and basil makes a fresh and satisfying dish.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 fresh peaches, chopped or sliced
2 fresh large tomatoes, sliced
4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, chopped or sliced
fresh basil leaves (I used about 15 small)
extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling (I used about 2 tablespoons)
balsamic vinegar or glaze, for drizzling (I used about 1 tablespoon)
sea salt (I like pink himalayan)
black pepper, optional

Instructions

On a large plate, arrange peaches, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. (Can make them into "sandwiches" or just pile on a plate). Top with fresh basil leaves.
Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar or glaze. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and eat!

Notes

*I could (and did) eat this entire batch for a meal. But will serve up to 4 as an appetizer or side.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 199Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 330mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 3gSugar: 17gProtein: 8g

Nutrition information is calculated automatically by an online tool at Nutritionix. It is not always accurate. Please use your own tools to check if you rely on this information.

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