Fruit and Feta Summer Salad

By johnwhorfin

Ingredients

• Red Wine Vinaigrette:
• 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon stone ground mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt
• Freshly cracked black pepper
• Salad:
• 1 cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 honeydew melon, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 pound strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 3 nectarines or peaches
• 2 heads endive, sliced
• 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 cup mint, torn

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, add all the vinaigrette ingredients except oil. Whisk together and then while whisking, slowly pour oil into mixture. Once oil is all combined, taste and season with salt and pepper as necessary.
Add melon, strawberries, nectarines and endive with the dressing and toss until combined. Then gently toss feta and mint into the dressed salad. Serve chilled or room temperature.