This Peach Prosciutto Salad celebrates the best of summer with juicy fresh peaches, salty prosciutto, garden basil and a garlicky honey dressing for that perfect marriage of savory and sweet flavor! Ready in just 15 minutes, it's a quick and vibrant salad for your summer table!
- It's Peach Season! - By August, we're buying peaches by the case and finding all the ways to use them like our Peach Corn Salsa and our favorite Peach Crisp!
- Sweet and Salty Balance! - Those perfectly ripe summer peaches are so naturally sweet, and along with a spoonful of honey in the dressing, they nicely contrast the prosciutto and sharp garlic and onions.
- Love Summer Salads? Try this Peach Caprese Salad and check out these 24 Summer Salad Recipes!
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Ingredients & Substitutions
With only a few simple ingredients, this salad is rustically simple, yet bursting with bold flavors!
- Lettuce Mix - Any lettuce or spring mix will work for this salad, including baby arugula or spinach.
- Fresh Peaches - This salad is just for summer, wait until the delicious Colorado or Georgia peaches come in, and then make sure they are perfectly ripe. Let them sit out on the counter until they are soft when pressed.
- Prosciutto - That cured Italian ham that adds rich salty flavor! If you love prosciutto like I do, try this Prosciutto Pasta with Olives and Artichokes and this Prosciutto Melon Salad.
- Feta Cheese - I add feta to lots of my salad recipes because it's just so good! Look for a block of feta that comes in a tub of brine and crumble it yourself for the best flavor and texture.
- Red Onion - If you're not a raw onion fan, you can leave them out, but a few thin slices of red onion give a little zippy sharpness to balance the sweet peaches. You could also substitute a milder shallot, scallions, or chives.
- Basil - I put basil on everything all summer long and this Peach Salad is no exception! It's a beautiful garnish, but also adds sweet and savory flavor to each bite!
- Honey Vinaigrette - This is a simple vinaigrette that can be made and shaken in a jar. Fresh garlic and honey are the key ingredients for big flavor!
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
This prosciutto peach feta salad is absolutely gorgeous, even dinner party worthy, but comes together quickly!
Step 1 - Add the dressing ingredients to a jar with a lid, and shake well to emulsify.
Toss the lettuce in bowl with about half the sliced onion, peaches, prosciutto, feta and a bit of the dressing.
Step 2 - Add the dressed salad to a platter or a bowl, and arrange the remaining ingredients over the top so they are colorful and visible.
Top with lots of fresh basil leaves and another drizzle of dressing. You may not use all the dressing!
Recipe Notes & Tips
- Add Cherry Tomatoes - I have a garden full of cherry tomatoes, both red and yellow, this time of year, and a few of them would go nicely in this salad.
- Toss with Half, the Arrange with Half - I use this trick with a lot of salads! You want your lettuce and some of your ingredients tossed with the dressing, but save some to arrange over the top! That way everything doesn't sink to the bottom and you can really see what's in the salad, a beautiful presentation!
- What to Serve it With - Perfect alongside simple weeknight dinners like Grilled Steak Kabobs or Bacon Mushroom Green Bean Pasta, when you just want everything to be summer fresh! It's also great for the summer holidays, parties on the patio, grill outs, or anytime you need to bring a dish to share.
- Storage - Leftover salad is not the best once it has been tossed with dressing, so try to only toss as much as you'll eat! Extra can keep until the next day in the fridge but won't be as fresh! Extra dressing can be kept in the fridge for a month or more!
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can definitely make this salad ahead! Just add your lettuce, onions, feta and prosciutto to a salad bowl or platter and refrigerate. Bring along the peaches and slice them fresh just before serving. Shake up your dressing in a jar, but wait to toss until you're ready to serve. Dressing is fine at room temperature for a few hours, or can be refrigerated for a month. Just let it come to room temperature before shaking and using. You could also make the salad completely, tossed with the dressing, about an hour or so before serving and keep it in the fridge.
Yes! While I love feta cheese for this salad, you could also use goat cheese, fresh mozzarella pearls, burrata cheese, or big shavings of Parmesan cheese (use a vegetable peeler).
Prosciutto can be an expensive ingredient, but I've found the best value to be fresh sliced from the deli counter. It costs a lot per pound, but it doesn't weigh very much and you don't need very much. Ask them to slice it as thin as possible, and don't put paper in between each slice. No need to pay for the weight of the paper!
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Peach Prosciutto Salad
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- 4 ounces lettuce mix
- 1 to 2 peaches ripe, sliced
- 3 to 4 slices prosciutto sliced very thin
- ⅓ cup feta cheese crumbled
- ⅛ cup red onion sliced
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
For the Dressing
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 grinds fresh black pepper
- ½ teaspoon whole grain dijon mustard
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 2 Tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients for the dressing to a jar with a lid and shake well to emulsify.
- Toss the lettuce in bowl with about half the sliced onion, peaches, prosciutto, feta and a bit of the dressing. Prosciutto can be cut or pulled apart into bite sized pieces.
- Add the dressed salad to a platter or a bowl, and arrange the remaining ingredients over the top so they are colorful and visible.
- Top with lots of fresh basil leaves and another drizzle of dressing.
Notes
- Make sure your peaches are ripe! If they are hard, let them sit out on the counter a day or two to ripen. Ripe peaches are extremely important!
- You may not use all the dressing! Extra will keep in the fridge for a month. Set on the counter to let it come to room temperature and re-shake before using.
- Toss the salad with half the of each ingredient, then arrange the remaining ingredients over the top. This gives you a beautiful presentation and lets you see everything in the salad without ingredients sinking to the bottom of the bowl!
- Any dijon mustard will work, and red wine vinegar can be subbed for white wine vinegar.
- Make sure your prosciutto is sliced super thin.
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