Savoring the Season: Prosciutto And Nectarines With Blue Cheese
PUBLISHED ON: 06.19.2023
We try to keep dishes cool this time of year to minimize competition with the Florida heat and humidity. A few quality ingredients, and you can have something special to share with your family and friends.
Fresh summer salads with ripe stone fruits, a bit of prosciutto, and salty blue cheese with a light honey pepper drizzle can steal the show.
This salad is full of fresh flavors and is a great alternative to more traditional salads.
You can platter this salad to present beautifully when serving.
A great wine pairing would be a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
Prosciutto And Nectarines With Blue Cheese
Ingredients:
4 medium nectarines, cut into thick wedges
Extra-virgin olive oil ( for drizzling)
3 Tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
1 Tablespoon sherry vinegar
2.5 ounces wedge Danish blue cheese, sliced
2 ounces thin sliced prosciutto
Flaky sea salt
Directions:
Place nectarines in a medium bowl; drizzle with oil and season with salt. Toss to combine; set aside.
Heat honey in a small saucepan over medium until loosened, about 1 minute.
Add 2 teaspoons pepper and swirl until fragrant. Add vinegar and swirl to combine; remove from heat.
Arrange blue cheese, ham and reserved nectarines on a platter. Spoon pepper honey over; sprinkle with sea salt.
Serves 6
Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit
Judy
Sounds delicious! Love the promise of tasty, complementary flavors!
David Scott Allen
This is definitely a new combination for me – and it sounds really wonderful. Sweet, salt, and tart altogether in one dish is really fun for the palate. Like you, we in Arizona *should* be making cold dishes but sometimes I can’t stop myself from wanting comfort food in our closed-in summer season.
angiesrecipes
Simple and very delicious! Sweet and salted are great together.
Chef Mimi
This is almost too pretty to eat! Love the ingredients. Great photos.
sherry
i love this recipe and used to make it often in summer before we stopped eating pigs:=) It is sooooo delicious isn’t it? I adore(d) prosciutto!
Laurel Ciotti
Sounds delish! Will try.
Ronit
This is such a wonderful combination of ingredients, and the photo is stunning! 🙂
Ben | Havocinthekitchen
I adore sweet and savoury combinations, especially around the summer. This is a perfect example a luscious sweet and summer salty combo. Loving the peppered honey, too!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen
I adore sweet and savoury combinations, especially around the summer. This is a perfect example a luscious sweet and salty summer combo. Loving the peppered honey, too!
Pam
I know what I’m having for dinner tomorrow night, and surprisingly enough I only have to go to the store for the prosciutto!
Eva Taylor
Mmmmmm, blue cheese, prosciutto and nectarines? What a gorgeous and delicious combo. Toronto is starting to get hot and humid so your timing is perfect.
Marcelle
Velva, I love the sweet and salty flavors in this salad and it’s so pretty! It’s light, but so full of flavor…love blue cheese! I know what I’m having for lunch the next few days!
Tandy | Lavender and Lime
It is so cold here, but that looks so inviting! I could dive right in 🙂
Liz
What a terrific salad! I can’t wait to try it with fresh peaches!!! xo
Jayme
Your post inspired me to serve something similar last night at a dinner party! I topped arugula & spinach dressed in a champagne vinaigrette with sliced nectarines, prosciutto & Point Reyes blue cheese. The combo was summery perfection and will be a new regular in the rotation!
Balvinder
This salad looks and sounds fabulous! And so easy to put together. Just what I want.
Judee
Such a lovely combination of flavors with the nectarines and blue cheese and beautiful looking too.
2pots2cook
Yay! Great to enjoy while the heat is on!
Neil
Sounds delicious and I do like your recommendation of pairing it with a New Zealand wine too!
Frank | Memorie di Angelina
What a lovely looking salad, Velva! Prosciutto and melon is a classic but we tend to forget that it pairs wonderfully with any number of fruits. I’d love this as a light summer supper, preferably poolside.
Cooking Julia
This is a very nice and flavorful dish!