This bruschetta is incredibly good and a little unique from other bruschettas. Wherever I take it or around my house, it is always gobbled up. The dish is significantly enhanced with the fennel seed.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 large tomatoes, diced
- ½ large sweet Bermuda onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ tablespoons fennel seed
- ⅓ cup minced fresh basil
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 (20 ounce) loaf French bread, sliced 1/2-inch thick
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the tomatoes, onion, garlic, fennel seed, basil, 1/3 cup olive oil, salt, and pepper. Chill for at least 1 hour to blend the flavors.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Brush both sides of bread slices with some of the 1/4 cup of olive oil; place slices onto a baking sheet. Toast the bread until golden brown and crunchy on the outside, about 3 minutes per side. To serve, spoon the tomato mixture onto the toasted bruschetta and arrange on a serving platter.
Reviews
The fennel seed certainly does make this special. My tomatoes were very juicy, so after dicing them, I did drain them so they wouldn’t totally soak the bread. Do allow some time in the fridge for the flavors to meld, but also for the seeds to soften a bit. I mostly use fennel seed for my homemade marinara, but it really works here.
Thank you for the recipe! So good. I couldn’t find fennel seeds, so I added 1 tbs balsamic for extra flavor. I also didn’t add onions, but put in extra garlic. Such a wonderful light lunch or snack for a vegan diet. Yummy!
i understand that the name of the recipe indicates that the fennel taste will be pronounced.. but this was just too fennel-y for me.. it felt out of place.. i ended up topping my bruschetta with some grated mozz to save the dish
This was a hit for Christmas Eve! I left out the fennel and used white onions. I used whole wheat bread cut up into small squares. Everybody loved it! Very good!
Good but have had better. The hubby can’t eat raw tomatoes, so as well as the normal batch, I made a batch with bell peppers instead. Chopped the peppers and boiled them for 8 minutes. Then shocked them in ice water. Wanted them not raw, but still crisp. The batch with the peppers in place of the tomatoes completely outshone the first batch. Even tomato lovers were snagging the pepper batch instead.
5 stars!! This was awesome and we even forgot the onion.