Patty melts

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

2 tb Vegetable oil
1 Onion chopped
2 Cloves garlic minced
2 Eggs
2 lb Lean ground beef
2/3 c Dry bread crumbs
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
24 Thin slices rye bread
24 Thin slices Cheddar cheese
1/4 c Olive oil

Instructions:

In skillet heat vegetable oil over medium heat; cook onion and garlic stirring for 3 to 5 minutes or until softened. Let cool. In bowl beat eggs; mix in beef bread crumbs salt pepper and onion mixture. Shape into 12 patties each 1/2 inch thick. Cook on greased barbecue grill about 4 inches above medium-hot coals or at medium-high setting for about 5 minutes per side or until no longer pink inside. Meanwhile trim crusts from bread. Sandwich each cooked patty between 2 slices of cheese and 2 slices of bread. Brush bread with olive oil and grill sandwiches for 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until cheese just starts to melt. Makes 12 servings. Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: The Canadian Living Entertaining Cookbook