This year I’ve been exploring recipe variations on some of my favorite Italian recipes. And during summer there’s perhaps no better Italian recipe than a delicious Panzanella salad recipe. However, as we are winding down this summer, I really wanted to be able to spin this recipe as we travel through stone fruit season and head into fall. Enter my Peach Panzanella Salad Recipe.
Admittedly, fresh peaches (and nectarines) are my favorite fruits. When they are at their peak of sweetness and perfectly ripe, I could eat them with every single meal a day – and then have one as a snack before bed. But this Peach Panzanella Salad with burrata and bacon really lets their sweetness shine in a beautiful and delicious way.
What is Panzanella?
If you’ve never eaten a Panzanella Salad before then, the first thing you should know is this is a light salad, but it can also be filling because it includes bread. Traditional, Panzanella is a Tuscan dish that’s made of onions, tomatoes, basil and cubes of stale bread.
Traditionally, Panzanella is drizzled with olive oil, which rehydrates the bread.
Panzanella is a very popular dish in the summer in Italy and a great way to use up day old loaves of bread. This Peach Panzanella Salad recipe is a spin on the popular dish and extends its life through the end of summer by using the stone fruit.
How to make this Peach Panzanella Salad recipe
My Peach Panzanella salad recipe veers from the traditional Panzanella salad recipe by including not only peaches, but I also add in some Bibb or Butter lettuce and arugula as a base, some beautiful burrata cheese, tasty bacon crumbles and a lovely honey Dijon vinaigrette made with plenty of extra virgin olive oil.
For the bread, I love to use a day-old sourdough loaf or a day-old loaf of my no-kneed Dutch oven bread, which is the easiest bread you will ever make. You can also use a loaf you bought from the store, but seriously, try my No-knead Dutch oven bread.
I like to top it all off with some fresh herbs, sea salt, black pepper and a sprinkle of crusted red pepper flakes. All the fresh herbs and spices really help all the flavors to pop.
Tips for making my Peach Panzanella Salad Recipe
Make sure to plan ahead for your bread. You really will want to use a loaf that’s at least a day old. However, if you forget or want to make this right away and only have fresh bread, I would recommend toasting it to give it a little firmer texture.
Use good quality extra virgin olive oil when making this recipe.
Make sure to top it off with some salt and pepper. Both (plus those fresh herbs) will really bring out the flavor
This recipe will make about two servings. My husband and I both ate off this one plate that was photographed for lunch afterwards. I suggest making exactly the amount you need and not trying to save it. You don’t want the bread to get too soggy or the peaches to get too slimy from sitting in the dressing. It takes away from the magic of the salad.
Other peach and stone fruit recipes
If you’re looking for more peach recipes, make sure to check out all of these delicious recipes too!
Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends! I hope you will come back again to see what else is cooking here at the farmhouse. The full, printable recipe for the Peach Panzanella Salad recipe is below.

Peach Panzanella Salad recipe
Ingredients
Peach Panzanella Salad ingredients
- 4 ripe peaches
- 5 large pieces of Butter or Bibb lettuce
- 2 cups day-old bread, cubed
- 1 cup arugula
- 6-8 pieces of bacon
- 2 spheres of burrata
- 2 Tbsp. fresh thyme
- 2 Tbsp. fresh basil
- 2 Tbsp. fresh curly parsley
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- Sprinkle of red pepper flakes
Panzanella Salad recipe dressing
- 3/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. of white vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard We usually use Grey Poupon.
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 3/4 tsp. black pepper
- 2 sprinkles of crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Make bacon either in a pan on the stove or by baking in the oven. To back, set oven at 425 and stick bacon on a cookie sheet directly in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Prep the plate with the lettuce, arugula, burrata and bread.
- Mix all the dressing ingredients together in a mason jar and shake.
- Once the bacon is done and has cooled, crumble it.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and make sure the bread gets some of the drizzle.
- Crumble on the bacon.
- Add on the fresh herbs and additional spices.
Oh my gosh, yum. This would be like a dream for me. Everything in this salad looks incredible.
This is my first time learning about a Panzanella, this looks really yummy.
Omg this salad looks so yummy! Thanks for the recipe!
Isn’t this so good? We love making it when the Illinois peaches are for sale. Oh my goodness.
This sounds so delicious. I do love the peaches in the salad
I haven’t had a salad with peaches before but now I have to try it!
Thanks for this recipe. I’ll try it with mangoes instead. Sadly I don’t have peaches at the moment.
I’ve been trying to eat more salads lately but it can get boring. This salad is definitely going on my list! You had me with bacon 🙂
Mmmm this looks like it is packed full of delicious flavors!
I love how beautiful your food shots are. I can almost taste the food. Anyway, I love everything that goes into this salad plus it looks filling.
HOLY SMOKES! This looks incredible! Can’t wait to try it.
This looks absolutely delicious. Something I will definitely be trying as peaches go on sale here.
What a great idea to use peaches in a salad. It will be a new favorite for sure!
This looks really good and I bet the whole family would enjoy it. I have to try making it.
Oh, I love salads! This looks like such a delicious one to make!
WOW!! This is definitely NOT a boring salad recipe! I’m delighted with the flavors in this!
Yum, this was super delicious! My family loved it so we’ll be making it again this week! Thanks for the idea!
OK now, this looks like a delicious meal idea! I have to admit I’m not a huge salad fan but I’m always up for trying different recipes which might become a favourite.
I’ve never had panzella and I do love the sound of your twist with the peaches and lettuce. I’m a huge salad fan and this totally different. Can’t wait to make this reciep.
I would totally serve this to guests! Sophisticated and yummy.
Oh my. This looks so delicious.
I love adding fruit to my salads. Such an interesting idea to add bacon as well.
I’d never heard of Panzanella before, and how wonderful it looks and sounds. So unique!
This looks delish. I never thought of combining peaches and salad. What a great idea as I love peaches. I will definitely give it a try.
This looks so delicious. I want to have it right now for dinner.
I’ve never heard of this recipe before. Looks great!
Bacon and bread in a salad sounds so good!
I haven’t had panzanella before. This sounds like a great combination of flavors. It is peach season here still and it would be nice to make this with freshly picked peaches.
Look so delicious and healthy as well
. I’ve been finding recipe for different kinds of salad. Glad I came across with this post
Ohh yummy yummy. I know what I’m making for lunch! I have all of these ingredients so it’s perfecting timing that I found this recipe. Thank you for sharing!!
Over the summer we are totally about salads here in my home. This may be something I would like, but I don’t think the husband would.
This looks so good! I could eat all of this. lol.
The salad looked so delicious. The recipe is also very easy to follow. This will be gone in minutes if we have this in our table.
This is my kind of salad. I love bacon, burrata, and peaches so it’s perfect. I can’t wait to give it a try.
That sounds like it would be a wonderful summer salad. I love all of the ingredients and could easily eat that for lunch and dinner.
What a delicious blast of flavor! This is the perfect lunch after we have spent the day at pool!
I love everything about this salad except the bacon.I will be making this one minus the bacon.
I love salads and this is something I know my family and I would enjoy. I would have to remove the bacon too since I don’t do beef or pork.
I have never had a salad that looks that amazing! I am always up for trying things and this looks delicous!
This looks really flavorful, looking forward to trying this recipe.
What an interesting combination! I’ve never had peaches, cheese, or bacon together. It would make for a nice unique dish to serve for guests.
I have never heard of panzanella before. It sounds delicious. Fresh peaches are one of my favorites too. My grandma had a few peach trees so she would frequently make recipes using them.
I love adding fresh fruit into salads and the Panzanella croutons are such a great homemade touch for this creative salad entree. Perfect for any outdoor dining event!
This looks like an interesting salad packed full of flavor and texture!
This salad is fantastic. Not sure how peaches and bacon will taste together. but I’m interested to know. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! That salad looks absolutely delicious and tasty! I would really love to try it! My husband would love this for sure!
So many delicious ingredients in this panzanella salad. I love the idea to add peaches!
Wow, you made it look like it is so easy to prepare!!
This looks incredible! Love the flavor combo
That looks so delicious and flavorful, I’d love to have this on a sunny day soon. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goshhhh! The combo of peach and burrata is dreammy! I loved this simple recipe and will be trying this one again before the end of peach season.
I just had this at a restaurant and wanted to recreate it. Now I can just make yours.
I love a good salad but I’ve never had something like this before. I bet it’s delicious!
This sounds so amazing, I must give this salad recipe a try. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us
I have heard about Panzanella salad but never had it before! It looks delicious 😍 I’ll try this recipe someday soon!