Grilled Shrimp Panzanella Skewers, layered with summer peaches, tomatoes, and sourdough bread, finished with balsamic and fresh basil.

Grilled Shrimp Panzanella Skewers

Panzanella is a traditional Italian bread salad, where cubes of (usually stale) bread add some heft to fresh summer vegetables at peak ripeness. Here, the bread is more of a background player with its crunchiness providing a great counterpoint to the juicy, sweet grilled fruit and shrimp. More grilled shrimp skewers you will love are these Grilled Shrimp Scampi Skewers and Grilled Pesto Shrimp Skewers.

What bread do you use for Panzanella?

My favorite bread for Panzanella is sourdough, but you could also use baguette or ciabatta. Typically, you want a crusty, hearty bread that’s about a day old so that it doesn’t get soggy from the produce and vinegar. Since we’re grilling these skewers, the bread will get toasty and hard anyways.

You could easily double the bread if you want or leave it out altogether, but honestly, it’s my favorite part! Panzanella is a bread salad, after all.

What to Serve with Panzanella

To complete your dinner, serve this grilled shrimp Panzanella with these Lemon- Parsley Potato Foil Packets or this Grilled Corn Salad with Feta. If you want an extra veggie, throw some zucchini on the grill while you’re cooking the kabobs.

Variations:

• If you’re gluten-free, use your favorite gluten-free bread.
• Swap the sourdough for ciabatta or baguette.
• Sub cherry tomatoes for the grape tomatoes, or use bigger tomatoes and cut them into smaller pieces.
• Switch out the balsamic for red wine vinegar.
• If you’re vegetarian, skip the shrimp and use extra peaches and tomatoes.
• If you want to take the food off the skewers and serve it as a Panzanella salad, add some cucumbers, mozzarella, and kalamata olives.

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