Instructions: Combine butter, garlic, anchovy, and hot pepper sauce in bowl. Using back of fork, mash until mixture is almost smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in parsley.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Arrange bread pieces, cut-side down, directly on oven rack. Bake until bread is slightly crusty, about 5 minutes.

Arrange bread, cut-side up, on work surface. Spread cut sides with garlic-anchovy butter. Arrange tomatoes, cucumber, and onion on bottom halves of bread. Top with lettuce, then bread tops. Press to compact slightly. Cut sandwiches diagonally in half.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Description: "The garlicky compound butter melts into toasted focaccia for a terrific flavorful accent to the tomatoes and cucumbers."

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