Grilled Peach  Panzanella   Salad With        Feta

Ingredients:

Peaches

White wine vinegar

Dijon mustard

Feta cheese

Olive Oil

Shallot

Basil

Ciabatta bread

Cucumber

Tomatoes

1

      Dice the shallot and add it into a bowl with the vinegar, which will pickle it slightly.

2

                 Slice the tomatoes in half and place them in a sieve over the bowl, and sprinkle over the salt. Leave them for 30-45 minutes, stirring occasionally. The salt will draw out the water from the tomatoes

3

           Heat the oven and cut the bread into small, bite-sized pieces. Lay the bread out on an oven tray and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, just long enough to dry it out completely and make it crunchy.

4

                 Cut each of the peaches into 4-5 segments. Heat a griddle pan and wipe some olive oil over it to prevent the sugar in the peaches from sticking. When it is really hot, sear the peaches on all sides. Watch that they do not burn.

5

                 Peel and cut up the cucumber and crumble the feta into small pieces. Make the Panzanella dressing by whisking the olive oil and mustard into the tomato juice/shallot/vinegar mixture and season to taste.

6

                 Assemble the Peach Panzanella Salad by adding all the ingredients to a large bowl, pouring over the dressing and garnishing with fresh basil leaves and crumbling over the feta.