Italian American Sausage Patty Melts Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MELT

Steps:

• Heat the broiler.
• Sauté sausage on medium high heat breaking them up as you go. Cook until no longer pink, about 8-10 minute.
• Drain on paper towel.
• Discard fat from pan.
• In same pan over medium heat cook peppers for 10 minutes or until brown edges form.
• Return sausage to pan along with the sauce and simmer until almost all the liquid has evaporated.
• Transfer into bowl and add 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• Place the bun halves on broiler pan.
• Divide and spread the sausage mixture on the halves.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Broil until bubbling and bread is crisp.

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.

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.

HOMEMADE SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE (MILD OR HOT)

Steps:

• Place the pork and red wine vinegar in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle with salt, black pepper, parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, paprika, red pepper flakes, fennel seed, brown sugar, oregano, and thyme. Knead until flecks of spice are evenly distributed through the sausage.
• Divide the sausage into thirds, and form into 3 logs; wrap each in plastic wrap. Place wrapped sausage into a freezer bag before freezing, or store in refrigerator for at least 12 hours before cooking.

OOEY GOOEY SAUSAGE MELT SANDWICH

Steps:

• 1. In a medium sized bowl, add sausage and season with salt, pepper, thyme and basil. Stir to combine, add a few tablespoons chopped onion. Divide meat in half. Pat into 2 oval shaped patties.
• 2. In a medium sized heavy skillet ( I used my cast iron skillet.) Over medium - high heat, fry sausage 4 - 5 minutes per side or until no longer pink and browning well. Drain sausage on paper towels. Set aside.
• 3. In the same skillet add about 2 tablespoons olive oil and saute the onions, mushrooms, worcestershire sauce and garlic, until onions are translucent and mushrooms are browning. Salt and pepper as well.
• 4. Once veggies are cooked, add sherry and 1 teaspoon flour. Stir until well blended and sauce begins to thicken some. Set aside.
• 5. Place about 1 tablespoon butter in another skillet over medium to medium high heat. Swirl butter to coat bottom of skillet and add one slice of bread. Place sausage patty on top, then 1/2 the onion and mushroom mixture. Add a couple slices of mozzarella and continue cooking until bread is golden brown ( about 2 minutes ) Carefully , move sandwich enough to add another Tablespoon of butter and place top slice of bread on top of the mozzarella cheese.
• 6. Carefully flip the sandwich over to brown the other side. Remain cooking until other side is crispy and brown and cheese is thoroughly melted.
• 7. Cut sandwich in half and add your favorite condiments. I used mayonnaise and mustard. Repeat steps for other sandwich. Enjoy this yummy sandwich.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MELT

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage. Crumble and brown in a large skillet. Drain and set aside.
• Sautee onion in same skillet. Add tomato pasta sauce, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add sausage. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• Place split hoagie rolls each on a plate. Spoon sausage-tomato mixture over roll halves. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Place under hot broiler until cheese melts (approximately 1 minutes).
• Enjoy!

SAUSAGE MELTS

Steps:

• Peel and slice onion into thin rounds (or half rounds)and cook in olive oil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until they are very soft.
• Meanwhile, form sausage meat into 4 thin patties. Try to form them so that they are slightly bigger than the bread slices since they will shrink when you cook them.
• When the onions are soft add the brown sugar and the vinegar. Stir and cook until the onions are browned.
• Fry sausage patties in a pan (use a little extra oil if your pan isn't non-stick) for about 3 to 5 minutes per side until cooked through or to your desired doneness (we like them very brown).
• Meanwhile, spread dijon mustard on each slice of bread in desired amounts.
• Top each slice of bread with a cooked sausage patty, then the onions, then the cheese.
• Place under the broiler (set to low so it won't cook too fast or burn) until cheese is melted and bubbling.