Pecos steaks on olive toast
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 4 Tender steaks (loin or rib)
- 2 tb Minced garlic
- 1 ts Bottled red chile flakes
- 1/2 ts Black pepper
- 1 French bread loaf
- 2 tb Butter or margarine
- 2 tb Chopped California ripe -olives
- 1 tb Minced cilantro
Instructions:
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.



