Categories: Beef, Appetizers 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      4    Tender steaks (loin or rib)         2 tb Butter or margarine 
      2 tb Minced garlic                       2 tb Chopped California ripe 
      1 ts Bottled red chile flakes                 -olives 
    1/2 ts Black pepper                        1 tb Minced cilantro 
      1    French bread loaf               
  
  Trim steaks well. Mix 1 tablespoon garlic with chile flakes and black 
  pepper with back of spoon, making paste. Rub on both sides of steaks. Cut 4 
  thick (1") slices of bread on a sharp diagonal. Melt butter and mix in 
  olives, cilantro and remaining 1 tablespoon garlic. Grill or broil bread 
  just long enough toast both sides (if broiling, it may be easier to drop 
  broiler rack down a notch before toasting bread). Spoon olive butter over 
  bread. Place toast on plates and top with steaks. 
   
  Cooking time: 7-10 minutes. 
   
  Total preparation time: 15 minutes.