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Summerado Salad: Avocado, Corn, Peaches and Basil

Summerado Salad: Avocado, Corn, Peaches and Basil is on of my summer favorites with fresh corn and peaches and lots of basil.
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Servings: 8
Author: Barrett Bridenhagen

Ingredients

  • 4 ears raw corn you can grill it or blanch it for a minute if you prefer
  • 4 peaches at other times in the year I make this with champagne mangos
  • 2 avocados
  • juice of 1 + lime
  • *4 + ounces cotija ricotta salata or manouri cheese (optional)
  • ¼ cup basil leaves sliced thin chiffonade
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  • Slice the kernels off the corn and into your picnic container.removing kernels from corn cob
  • Dice the peaches and avocados into similar sized pieces.dicing peaches
  • Juice the lime over the salad.
  • Slice the basil into thin strips. basil chiffonade
  • Add salt, pepper and oil. Fold gently so as not to mash the avocado.
  • *Top with crumbled cheese if you like. I love manouri; it’s a Greek sheep’s milk pressed cheese. It’s really rich and not salty, but I only learned about it this year. So every Summer before now, I made this with cotija or ricotta salata. And they’re all good. Just make sure you know how salty your cheese is before you salt the salad. Then you can adjust. Or you can leave it out altogether if you're serving other salads that have dairy. Totally your call.