PEACH AND ARUGULA SALAD

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This Peach and Arugula was the unexpected star of our Sunday dinner:

It has two secret ingredients.  The first is peaches from Frog Hollow Farm.  These are no ordinary peaches.  My husband surprised me by ordering a box after he read about them in the New York Times.  Of course, you can use regular peaches, the riper the better.  The second secret ingredient is a few drops of Saba, which according to the label, is “cooked grape must.”  It is reminiscent of a syrupy balsamic vinegar, only ten times better.  If you haven’t ever tried it, I strongly encourage you to do so.  It’s expensive, but a little goes a long way.


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PEACH AND ARUGULA SALAD
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Ingredients
  • 4 cups arugula
  • 2 fresh peaches, pitted and sliced
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon Saba
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons chopped macadamia nuts (optional)
Instructions
  1. Divide arugula between two salad plates. Arrange peaches decoratively on top. In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and Saba. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle dressing over salads, sprinkle macadamia nuts over salad, and serve.

4 thoughts on “PEACH AND ARUGULA SALAD”

  2. YUM! I love El Mason. We actually stoppd there on the way home from the hospital with our first child. Craving some great Cuban/Mexican food after several days of hospital blah. Luling City Market is also my favorite BBQ. The original one in Luling, Texas (home of Buccee’s) is worth the stop on the way to San Antonio. They serve long neck Dr Pepper and Big Red, pinto beans from a croc pot and you actually enter the smoking room to pick up your meats. It is wonderful. All the working oil pumps and fields of watermelon on the way there just adds to the trip. You definitely feel like you are in Texas! Keep writing because I love reading it all!

  3. Want me to bring you some Saba? Honestly — it makes the salad. Got arugula and macadamia nuts, too. 🙂

  4. I’m going to make this salad. We’ve been enjoying some super-juicy nectarines this weekend so I may pull a substitution and pretend they are fancy peaches. Yum!

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