Meatball Patty Melts
You can never have too many American recipes, so give Meatball Patty Melts a try. This recipe serves 4. For $3.67 per serving, this recipe covers 50% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 73g of protein, 102g of fat, and a total of 1461 calories. This recipe from Taste and Tell Blog has 4671 fans. If you have balsamic vinegar, tomato paste, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 40 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 98%. This score is awesome. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Patty Melts, Patty Melts, and Patty Melts.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Torn basil leaves
¼ cup beef stock
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
Pinch of crushed red pepper
8 slices deli-cut mozzarella
8 slices deli-cut provolone
¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound ground beef
½ pound ground pork
8 slices of sturdy Italian-American bread, sliced ¾-inch thick
Milk (for soaking bread)
Olive oil
3 tablespoons grated onion
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ cup grated Parmesan
Salt and pepper
¼ cup tomato paste
2 slices of white bread, crusts removed
Equipment:
sauce pan
bowl
grill pan
grill
griddle
Cooking instruction summary:
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the tomato paste, beef stock and garlic. Add in the tomato sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, oregano and red pepper. Bring to a gentle boil then reduce heat. Stir in the basil and then let cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 20 minutes.Place the bread in a bowl and add enough milk to soak the bread. Allow to sit for a few minutes, then squeeze all excess milk out of the bread.Place the bread in a large bowl and add the ground beef and ground pork and season with salt and pepper. Add in the parsley, garlic, onion and Parmesan and gently mix. Form the mixture into 4 large patties.Heat a grill pan or an outdoor grill over medium high heat. Drizzle olive oil over the patties and then cook, turning once, until cooked, about 10 minutes.In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Add the garlic and allow to cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat.Brush the outsides of each slice of bread with the garlic butter. Build four sandwiches, with the buttered sides facing out. Layer each with some of the Balsamic Marinara Ketchup, mozzarella, a patty, provolone, and more ketchup. Place the burgers on the griddle and cook until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted.
Step by step:
1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the tomato paste, beef stock and garlic.
2. Add in the tomato sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, oregano and red pepper. Bring to a gentle boil then reduce heat. Stir in the basil and then let cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 20 minutes.
3. Place the bread in a bowl and add enough milk to soak the bread. Allow to sit for a few minutes, then squeeze all excess milk out of the bread.
4. Place the bread in a large bowl and add the ground beef and ground pork and season with salt and pepper.
5. Add in the parsley, garlic, onion and Parmesan and gently mix. Form the mixture into 4 large patties.
6. Heat a grill pan or an outdoor grill over medium high heat.
7. Drizzle olive oil over the patties and then cook, turning once, until cooked, about 10 minutes.In a small saucepan, melt the butter.
8. Add the garlic and allow to cook for 1 minute.
9. Remove from the heat.
10. Brush the outsides of each slice of bread with the garlic butter. Build four sandwiches, with the buttered sides facing out. Layer each with some of the Balsamic Marinara Ketchup, mozzarella, a patty, provolone, and more ketchup.
11. Place the burgers on the griddle and cook until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted.
Nutrition Information:
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