Lunch: Salumi with Peaches and Watercress

Recipe by Rick Tramonto, Mary Goodbody, and Belinda Chang Salumi refers to all dry-cured Italian-style meats and sausages. Great chefs such as Tom Colicchio, Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batali, and Paul Bertolli are introducing them to a new generation of Am

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Ingredients

8 thin slices Finochionna salumi
12 thin slices Tuscan salumi
12 thin slices Sulmitti pepperoni
2 ripe peaches or nectarines
1/2 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Juice of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
2 bunches watercress
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
1 ounce pecorino cheese, shaved

Instructions

On a serving platter, arrange the salumi and pepperoni slices in an overlapping pattern.
Without peeling the peaches, remove the pits, slice the fruit into thin wedges, and put in a bowl. Add the olive oil, orange and lemon juice, watercress, mint, and basil and toss gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper and toss again.
Spoon the salad next to the salumi. Drizzle both the salumi and salad with olive oil, garnish with the cheese, and serve.

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