This peach caprese salad is a wonderful, summery twist to the traditional caprese. With summer-ripe peaches, fresh mozzarella and a balsamic reduction vinaigrette, it’s light, bright, perfect on a summer day.
(Looking for summer fresh salads? Try this cantaloupe salad with feta cheese and basil. Sweet, salty and delicious!)
You know it’s summer when you can smell peaches everywhere! And this peach caprese salad is a great way to eat more of them.
Take your favourite caprese salad – tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and basil – add ripe peaches and sprinkle with a perfectly sweet and tart balsamic reduction. Delicious!
Peach caprese salad from the Magnolia Table cookbook
Do you watch Fixer-Upper on HGTV? We’re more Netflix people actually but when we were house-hunting, we were glued to HGTV all day. And we became obsessed with Chip and Joana from Fixer-Upper (those were gorgeous homes!).
Anyway, when I heard she came out with a cookbook of course I snagged it (of course).
She has a recipe for peach caprese salad where she replaced tomatoes with peaches. When we tried it though, we kinda missed the sweetness of the tomatoes.
So I made my own version with both peaches and tomatoes and using Red’s balsamic reduction.
How to make peach caprese salad
The result is caprese salad but that much better. It’s really very simple:
Take ripe but firm peaches, mozzarella, tomatoes (we used cherry tomatoes because we like it sweet but you can also use normal tomatoes), fresh basil and put it all together.
Traditionally, caprese salad is arranged oh so formally (you can see I made a tremendous amount of effort in some of the photos here lol!) but IRL, we just toss them all together in a bowl.
Then we drizzle the salad with some balsamic reduction and extra virgin olive oil.
How to make balsamic reduction
Making balsamic reduction is easy too:
Combine balsamic vinegar with some honey in a saucepan on high heat until the mixture boils. Lower the heat to a simmer until the liquid reduces to about half in volume.
Use the best ingredients
For simple recipes like this, there’s really nowhere to hide so my only tip would be to find the best and freshest ingredients you can.
Splurge on some fresh mozzarella cheese. Buy that nice bottle of EVOO. Pick the best and freshest peaches.
This peach caprese salad is a delight and we deserve it every day this summer!
Other delicious fresh peach recipes
If you’re like us and can’t get enough of fresh peaches, you will love these.
Start with this stunning fresh peach clafoutis. Nobody will ever suspect it’s so easy to make!
And if you’re looking for an everyday snacking cake, this sour cream peach cake is perfect.
Peach Caprese Salad with Balsamic Reduction
Ingredients
For the balsamic reduction:
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
For the salad:
- 2 pcs ripe but firm peaches pitted and sliced into wedges
- 7 oz mozarella cheese cut into ¼ inch thick slices
- ½ lb cherry tomatoes (about 20 pieces) sliced in half
- bunch fresh basil sliced or served whole
- extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan on high heat, combine ½ cup balsamic vinegar and 2 tbsp honey and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat to a simmer and cook until the liquid reduces to about half its original volume (about 20 minutes). Stir occasionally. Remove from heat, transfer to a heat proof container and allow to cool completely.
- In a salad plate or bowl, toss together pieces of peaches, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and basil. Drizzle with balsamic reduction and extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutritional information are estimates only.
Happy caprese-ing!
Did you make peach caprese salad? What’s your favourite summer salad? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.
Courtney
I’m obsessed with all things balsamic! One of my favorite dressings/marinades.
Marisa Franca
I’m glad you decided to make this recipe your own by including the tomatoes. Grape tomatoes are sweet anyway and I imagine they would be great along with the peaches. And I haven’t seen Fixer-Upper although I have seen photos of what Joana and Chip have done. Almost a miracle. I’m looking forward to trying out this version of caprese salad.
Jolina
Thanks Marisa! Hope you like it.
Veena Azmanov
I absolutely love the combination of peach with balsamic and honey. This sounds so refreshing. I often add peaches to my salad I must try this soon. Sounds so yum.
Jolina
Us too! When peaches are in season we tend to add them to everything lol.
Tami
I am eager to try making the balsamic reduction. This recipe has to be delicious since my favorite fruit is in it.
Scott
I haven’t had a peach salad in forever! Last time was in Atlanta, and they used Georgia peaches!
Jolina
That must have been delicious!!
Annemarie LeBlanc
The salad looks really good! My husband wants me to make more salads to increase our dietary fiber. Your salad recipe is perfect because peaches are his favorite fruit. I am making this for him today.
Jolina
Awesome. Hope you guys like it!
Pam
What a great combination of flavors and perfect for summer lunches. I would love to serve this when I have company over.
Peter
Man this looks so good! Peaches are such a versatile and sweet fruit. This salad is right up my alley. I’m going to make this this eeekend
Brandy
This looks like such a delicious option to enjoy. I haven’t tried making any type of salads with peach before but I do love peaches. Happy to try your recipe.
Ebonye
I’m definitely a plain chef salad and ranch type of girl, but this looks really good. Definitely might have to try it!
Michelle
This sounds so delicious. I love peaches and adore caprese salad. This sounds so amazing, and I can’t wait to ty it!
Glenda
Your peach caprese salad looks so tasty and healthy. Being a vegetarian I look for new dishes to try out. Thank you because I will be trying this one out for sure!