WHEN PEACHES ARE perfectly ripe, they are impossibly juicy, succulent, and almost custard-like in texture. There’s no need to take such a peach, cut it up, and adorn it with other ingredients—when fate gifts you with a peach like that, it is best eaten standing over the sink. For all other ripe peaches, this salad is a great option. In this recipe, flavorful, ripe but still slightly firm peaches join forces with cool, crisp, refreshing cucumber for a dish that helps beat the summer heat.
The growing seasons of cucumbers and peaches intersect, making the two a perfect pair; as the old saying goes, “What grows together goes together.” But there is a subtle art to making these simple, fresh ingredients shine. Too much intensity can overpower the fresh ingredients,…
