Shrimp Louie French Tartine 

This French Tartine is an easy showstopper. All the best parts of a Shrimp Louie Salad - tender shrimp, rich eggs and buttery avocado - all piled high on crispy sourdough toast. Slice and serve for an at-home happy hour, or for a delicious work-from-home lunch.

You're going to love this French tartine, which is really just a fancy name for an old-fashioned open-faced sammy. It's a great recipe for using up leftover grilled shrimp or shrimp cocktail. The dressing is a 5-ingredient wonder sauce that's equally delicious on a leafy salad as it is in this shrimp and egg tartine.

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This tartine is right up there with Mediterranean Tuna Salad, French Pan Bagnat and Shrimp Pasta Salad on my list of favorite summertime foods!

Ingredients for Shrimp Salad Tartine:

• Cooked shrimp: this can be leftover shrimp, or that bag of small salad shrimp lost in your freezer. Nothing fancy required. 
• Eggs: medium-boiled eggs are my preference (so about 7 mins in boiling water), but hard-boiled works just as well!
• Shrimp Louie Dressing: this 5 ingredient dressing binds together our shrimp salad for an epic open-faced sandwich. 

Full ingredient list and measurements included in the printable recipe card below.

How to Make French Shrimp Tartine:

1. Assemble shrimp salad

Combine diced shrimp, grated eggs, salad dressing and chives. Taste and adjust seasoning. Set aside.

2. Build tartine

Grill sourdough slices of bread in olive oil until crisp on both sides. For even more flavor, rub fresh garlic clove over the hot bread. Layer sliced avocado onto each piece of toast.

Pile half the shrimp salad on each toast. Garnish with lemon wedges and more diced chives.

3. Serve and enjoy

For an appetizer of happy hour at home, slice and serve with chilled white wine. Or for a light lunch, serve with a tossed green salad.

Variations for a French Tartine:

This French version of a simple open-faced sandwich presents endless possibilities for variations. Always start with a single slice of rustic bread, grilled. From there, choose your favorite flavor and texture combinations. Here are some of my go-to savory tartines:

• lettuce, tomato and Smoky Tuna Dip
• avocado and Old Bay Shrimp Salad
• fresh goat cheese, honey and thyme
• Whipped Feta, roasted tomatoes and garlic
• Caramelized Onions and gruyere (hello, French onion soup!)

How to eat a French tartine?

​Most tartines are a fork-and-knife affair. If you're serving these large, open-faced sandwiches for happy hour with a chilled glass of wine, slice your toast into 3-4 pieces and enjoy them as finger food.

How is a tartine different than a sandwich?

A French-style tartine is an open-faced sandwich, usually served on toasted or grilled bread. Toppings vary, but are complementary combinations of textures and flavors.

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