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Watermelon Peach Salad with Feta, Herbs and Pistachios

Ingredients

  • 5 cups seedless watermelon cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 3 ripe peaches sliced into thin wedges (not peeled)
  • 4 oz feta crumbled by hand (block feta, not the pre-crumbled kind — it matters)
  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachios roughly chopped
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
  • 4 T cup fresh mint leaves chopped torn
  • 4 T fresh basil chiffonade
  • 2 T extra virgin olive oil ( a citrus olive oil is especially good)
  • 1 T fresh lime juice
  • 1 t honey to taste
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Arrange the watermelon and peach slices on a large, shallow platter.This salad wants to be seen, not stacked.Scatter the red onion over the fruit, then the crumbled feta.Whisk the olive oil, lime juice, and honey together in a small bowl until it emulsifies. Drizzle over the salad.Top with the pistachios and herbs Finish with a pinch of flaky salt and a few turns of black pepper.Serve immediately, or hold at room temperature for up to 30 minutes — after that, the watermelon starts to weep and nobody wants that.