Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Ingredients

　　1 cup firmly packed pitted ripe olives, drained well

　　6 ounces soft mild goat cheese

　　1 small garlic clove, if desired, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/4 teaspoon salt

　　3 tablespoons minced scallion

　　Tabasco to taste

　　20 thin diagonal slices of French or Italian bread, toasted

　　In a food processor chop the olives, add the goat cheese, the garlic paste, the scallion, and the Tabasco, and blend the mixture until the olives are chopped fine. Spread the mixture evenly on the toasts, arrange the toasts on a baking sheet, and broil them under a preheated broiler about 2 inches from the heat for 1 minute, or until the cheese is just melted and glistening.