Italian Patty Melts Recipes

ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the egg, 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce, bread crumbs and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into four oval patties; set aside., Combine butter and seasonings; brush over both sides of bread. In a large skillet, toast bread until lightly browned; set aside., In the same skillet, cook patties over medium heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. , Spoon remaining sauce over patties; sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook for 1 minute or until cheese is melted. Place burgers on four slices of toast; top with remaining toast.

PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Push to one side of the skillet; add the mushrooms and cook until browned, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then mix the mushrooms and onions together and cook until the onions are golden, about 10 more minutes. Add the vinegar and 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, mix the turkey, beef and the remaining 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Shape into 4 equal-size oval patties.
• Wipe out the skillet, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and place over medium-high heat. Season the patties with salt and pepper and cook until browned on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Flip and cook through, 1 to 2 more minutes.
• Divide the onions and mushrooms among 4 bread slices; top with a slice of cheese, a patty, another slice of cheese and another bread slice. Wipe out the skillet; add 1 tablespoon olive oil and place over medium heat. Cook the sandwiches in two batches until the bread is toasted and the cheese melts, 1 to 2 minutes per side, adding the remaining 2 teaspoons oil as needed.

ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• Mix meat, Parmesan cheese, and seasonings.
• Shape into 4- 4inch patties.
• Heat oil.
• Cook pepper rings until crisp tender.
• Remove.
• Now do the same with the raw onion slices.
• Remove.
• In the same pan cook patties until done.
• Top with veggies and then with cheese.
• Cover pan until cheese is melted.
• Serve on buns.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP AND ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• Heat the milk over moderate heat in a medium pot. Put tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, salt and pepper, sugar, flour, butter, celery into a food processor and grind until smooth. Pour mixture into milk and raise heat to bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. While soup cooks, make pesto and sammies.
• Fill the food processor with watercress, loosely packed. Add hazelnuts, 1/2 of the oil and garlic cloves to the watercress in the processor. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to the processor bowl, set lid in place and pulse grind the mixture into a thick paste. Add any remaining watercress to the processor and grind into the paste by pulsing the processor again. Transfer watercress paste to a bowl. Stir in the remaining oil and the cheese. Taste pesto sauce and adjust seasonings.
• Heat a griddle over medium high heat. Drizzle the pan with extra-virgin olive oil and add the patties and cook 5 minutes on each side. Remove from the griddle and add another tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and the peppers and onions. Season the peppers and onions and cook until just tender, 5 minutes. Remove them from the griddle. Wipe the griddle clean and reduce heat to medium low. Assemble sandwiches: place 4 slices of bread down, top with 1/4 each of the peppers onions, then a slice of cheese, a cooked sausage patty, another slice of cheese and then place bread on top. Add butter to griddle and cook sammy melts 2 or 3 minutes on each side until golden and cheese is melted. Press with spatula as sammies cook or set another heavy skillet on sammies to weigh them down.
• Pour soup into shallow bowls and add a couple of rounded spoonfuls of pesto to each dish and stir it into the soup. Cut the patty melts corner to corner and dip in the soup as you eat.

ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the egg, 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce, bread crumbs and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into four oval patties; set aside.
• Combine butter and seasonings; brush over both sides of bread. In a large skillet, toast bread until lightly browned; set aside.
• In the same skillet, cook patties over medium heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until no longer pink.
• Spoon remaining sauce over patties; sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook for 1 minute or until cheese is melted. Place burgers on four slices of toast; top with remaining toast. Yield: 4 servings.

OPEN-FACE PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• Heat dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add onions; cook 2 min. Stir onions and move to one side of skillet.
• Add patties to other side of skillet; cook on medium heat 10 min. or until burgers are done (160ºF), flipping burgers and stirring onions after 5 min.
• Top burgers with VELVEETA; cover. Cook 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until VELVEETA is melted; place on toast slices. Top with onions.

PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter until tender. Remove and keep warm., Shape beef into two oval patties; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In the same skillet, cook patties over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 160° and meat juices run clear; drain. Remove and keep warm., Spread remaining butter over one side of each slice of bread. Place in skillet, buttered side down, and toast until lightly browned. , Combine salad dressing and horseradish. On each of two slices of toast, layer a slice of cheese, a beef patty, and half of the onion and the dressing mixture. Top with remaining toast. ,

ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine ground beef, parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning. Shape mixture into four patties.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add bell pepper rings. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp tender. Remove from skillet.
• Place patties in same skillet. Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until no longer pink in the center. Top each patty with 2 bell pepper rings and 1 slice of the mozzarella cheese. Cover, cook 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve in buns.

CLASSIC PATTY MELT

Steps:

• Season ground beef with salt and pepper and divide into 3 equal-sized balls. Shape each ball as close as possible to the shape of the bread. Make an indentation in the center of each patty with your thumb.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from the skillet and divide into 3 equal portions. Place beef patties into the same skillet and cook until desired doneness, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• Meanwhile, spread 1 teaspoons mayonnaise on one side of each slice of bread.
• Place bread mayonnaise side-down in the skillet. Top with 1 slice of cheese, 1 beef patty, 1/3 of the onions, a second slice of cheese, and another slice of bread, mayonnaise side up. Cook bread until golden brown and cheese has started to melt, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip each sandwich over and cook an additional 3 to 4 minutes.

ITALIAN PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• In bowl, combine ground beef/chicken, mayonnaise,, Parma and Italian seasoning.
• Shape into 4- 4" patties.
• Refrigerate for about 30 minutes to set.
• Heat 1 tablespoons of olive oil in large heavy skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add bell pepper rings and onions; cook 3-4 minutes until crisp-tender.
• Remove from skillet.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoons olive oil and heat until sizzling.
• Add patties; reduce heat to medium; cook 5 minutes each side for medium-rare (beef only), longer for well-done.
• Top each patty with 1 slice cheese 2 bell pepper rings and 1/4 onions rings .
• Cover; cook 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Serve on grilled or toasted bread or buns.
• Note: Spread bread/buns with Dijon mustard for spicier taste.