Using fresh summer peaches this grilled peach salad with balsamic vinaigrette is a fresh and fruity salad which is perfect as a BBQ salad. I have walnuts in my salad but other great additions are grilled peach salad with burrata or feta cheese.
jam jar (or small bowl and spoon to mix the dressing)
Ingredients
Peaches and nuts
4peaches
6tablespoonsmaple syrup
3tablespoonswateryou might need a little extra
2stemsresh rosemary
small handfulfresh thyme
100gpeacans
100gwalnuts
Salad
bag of salad leaves
lentil sprout mix(optional - I got mine from Waitrose)
Balsamic Vinaigrette
8tablespoonsolive oil
4tablespoonsbalsamic vinegar
1tablespoonhoney
pinchsalt and pepper
1teaspoonlemon juice
Instructions
Grilling the Peaches
Chop up the peaches into quarters and remove the stones.
Pull the rosemary off the stem and do the same with the thyme.
Warm up the Le Creuset grill pan to a medium heat (or do on the BBQ) and add the herbs. After a few seconds add the peaches on top with a 3 tablespoons of water. Allow the peaches to warm up for a few minutes each side.
Drizzle over the maple syrup and move the peaches around so they get a good coating. Carefully add a little more water if it dries out too quickly.
When the peaches start to brown remove them from the heat.
Add a little more water and maple syrup to the grill pan and add the chopped up nuts. Move them around so they get coated in the syrup.
Leave them for a minute and then remove from the heat.
Salad Instructions
Place the lettuce leaves on a plate, add the warm peaches and nuts.
(As a lovely extra flavour sprinkle a few lentil sprouts on the top.)
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Add the Vinaigrette ingredients to a jam jar and shake to combine. Or add them to a small bowl and mix together with a fork.
Drizzle over the salad and serve.
Notes
Soak the dish straight away with hot water as it makes it a lot easier to clean off the caramelised sugar.The sugar from the peaches and maple syrup might burn on the pan if if it's too hot. If it's starting to burn lower the heat. See my notes below for how to clean the pan. As it's not non stick it will catch a little but the pan is easy to clean following Le Creuset's instructions.