Burrata with Thinly Sliced Speck and Grilled Peaches

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times from the Brooklyn Restaurant

By Nick Curtola, Gabe Ulla, James Murphy and Justin Chearno

Published 2024

  • About

There’s little to “fix” about the combination of sweet fruit, cured ham, and burrata, so we’re not reinventing the wheel here. Instead of prosciutto, we use speck, a slightly smoky ham from Alto Adige, the northernmost region of Italy. And instead of melon—at least, in the summer months—we go for ripe peaches.

A couple of things to keep in mind: When you’re checking peaches out at the market, they should give a little bit when gently pressed with your finger. And at the butch