Cooking Club: Farmer's Market

It was a small group of us who gathered for cooking club one month this fall, but that didn't stop us from having a feast! We walked together to the farmer's market in my neighborhood and bought all our ingredients fresh from the market. We had fresh pasta with a yummy sauce, fresh mushrooms and other veggies, yummy lavender- and lemon- goat cheeses spread on thin crackers, and this stone fruit salad. You couldn't resist the mounds of fresh stone fruit piled up at one of the stands in particular. So we packed up our grocery bags and headed back to the kitchen to put it all together! Here's one of the things we made:

Ingredients
Peaches and/or nectarines
Apricots
Plums
Raspberries
Granulated sugar
Fresh mint

Directions
1. Thinly slice the stone fruit and place in a large mixing bowl.
2. Sprinkle with granulated sugar (depending on ripeness, you don't need much) and toss evenly into fruit mixture.
3. Add raspberries whole.
4. Julienne the fresh mint and sprinkle on top.
5. Toss well and set aside for 30 minutes to allow flavors to develop.
*Note: as the fruit sits, you'll likely notice some juices pooling at the bottom. This is good...the sugar is driving some of it out!
6. Toss again right before serving to coat in all that sugary juice. Enjoy!
*Note: another option is to grill the stone fruit by cutting each piece in half and brushing with honey. Then grill until soft and slice into a mixing bowl.