Cucumber Bruschetta (Easy Cucumber Appetizer)

Cucumber Bruschetta tastes like tzatziki sauce and is the perfect appetizer for any warm weather celebration! Vegetarian and super easy to make, this cucumber appetizer is a dish everyone will adore. Makes 12 servings, but can easily be doubled or tripled.

Love Mediterranean flavors? Be sure to check out my Shawarma Chicken Salad, Mediterranean Scalloped Potatoes, and Cucumber and Feta Salad, too!

I’m sharing this lovely cucumber appetizer today because there’s a celebration going on!

My friend, Erica, who blogs over at The Crumby Kitchen, is celebrating her blog’s birthday! I wanted to make something special to bring to the party, which she’s hosting over there this week.

Since Erica is such a freakin’ incredible baker—no really, check out these gorgeous Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes she made for Lady Baby’s virtual baby shower—I wanted to make something for her blogoversary celebration that was a bit different.

Because while I love baking, Erica totally outclasses me with her skills.

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But I’ve got skills, too. Specifically, I have skills of transforming a dish I love into something else.

Aaaaaaaaaand this bruschetta? It tastes like tzatziki sauce.

Which, as y’all might know, is one of my favorite things because I could honestly eat tzatziki on anything savory, including sandwiches, sides and even salad.

I am, after all, the lady who has been known to dip french fries in the sauce with gusto.

Why I love this recipe:

This bite sized cucumber appetizer is refreshing and incredibly simple to put together.

It requires very little time and effort to transform one of the most humble ingredients of the summertime—the cucumber—into something special.

All we need are a handful of ingredients and very few tools to make it happen… then you have the best finger food around that features crunchy cucumber, a creamy feta sauce and pops of dill.

Other fabulous finger foods for a celebration: Cheesy French Onion Pull-Apart Bread | Galia Melon Jamon Skewers | Avocado Deviled Eggs | Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta | Creamy Chicken Enchilada Bruschetta (Instant Pot Appetizer)

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What you need to make this easy cucumber appetizer:

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• A large sheet pan (or a small one)
• A toaster oven (if you’re going the small batch route)
• Serrated knife
• A mixing bowl

Here’s what you need:

• French baguette—or your favorite crusty bread that’s easy to slice into bite-sized pieces.
• English cucumber—or a few fresh cucumbers from the garden!
• Feta cheese—I like to use the full-fat variety, but use whatever kind you’ve got on hand.
• Greek yogurt—you may use nonfat Greek yogurt. Just be sure that it’s unflavored.
• Dill—fresh dill or dried dill work here. I’ve got notes for you in the recipe card below on how much to use, depending on what you have.
• Extra virgin olive oil—or another neutral oil
• White distilled vinegar—as a little acidic pop to this recipe. Red wine vinegar or white wine vinegar could be used as a replacement if you don’t have white vinegar.
• Salt and pepper—we’ll be adding these to taste. I like to use medium-grain kosher salt and to crack my own pepper. Start off small, and add more if necessary.

How to Make Cucumber Bruschetta

First and foremost, slice your baguette and toast it.

You can do this in your conventional oven or a toaster oven. I prefer the regular-sized oven when I’m making a larger batch of this bruschetta because it’s faster.

Slice an English cucumber into thin rounds.

In a bowl, mix up the feta cheese, Greek yogurt and dill.

When the baguette is crisp, slather the sauce onto the bread, then top with the cucumber slices.

Last but not least, sprinkle more feta cheese and dill on top.

Consume this cucumber appetizer ASAP!

Tips and Tricks for making Cucumber Bruschetta

• You can make the sauce up to a day in advance and store it in the fridge! However, you have to slice the cucumber, toast the baguette and put it all together the day-of your event.
• Batching tip: I like to toast my baguette either in the toaster oven or a regular oven. If making a lot of this (and you totally should for a party!), do it in the oven on a large baking sheet.
• If you’re not a fan of feta, swap it for cotija cheese, as the flavor profiles are similar. However, I don’t recommend swapping it for another type of cheese, as you’ll lose the essence of the tzatziki flavors.
• Not a fan of Greek yogurt? Sour cream would work here, too!

More appetizers with cucumbers:

• Cucumber Caprese Salad
• Cucumber and Feta Salad
• TRISCUIT Crackers Cucumber Bites
• Cucumber Finger Sandwiches with Feta and Cream Cheese Spread

Dishes to Serve with Cucumber Bruschetta

• Mediterranean Herb Crusted Beef Tenderloin
• Greek Beef Pitas
• Grilled Chicken Shawarma
• Bruschetta Pinwheels and Pesto Sun-Dried Tomato Pinwheels

Interested in making this cucumber appetizer? Check out the recipe below…

The photos and recipe for this cucumber appetizer recipe were originally published on July 8, 2015. The photographs, along with the text of this blog post, were updated on August 12, 2020.