Baked Ricotta Sandwiches With Buttered Garlic Tomato Sauce

• 1 1/2 cups Ricotta cheese
• 4 oz. cream cheese, cubed and softened
• 1/2 lb. (1 cup) ground mild Italian sausage
• 1 tsp. dried rosemary, chopped
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, diced
• 12 slices Italian bread, sliced on the diagonal
• 1 Tbs. garlic salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 6 slices mozzarella cheese
• Sauce:
• 6 oz. unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
• 1/4 cup canned diced tomatoes, strained
• 2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tsp. dried basil
• 1/2 tsp. oregano
• 1/2 tsp. salt

1. Preheat oven at 425 degrees F. Grease cookie sheet or shallow baking pan with 2 teaspoons olive oil.
2. Place ricotta, cream cheese and sausage in large mixing bowl. Sprinkle in rosemary and sun-dried tomatoes. Mix well with hands or fork. Mixture will be almost pink. Spoon onto pan in 2 tablespoon mounds or hand-form patties and place on greased pan, creating 6 patties.
3. Drizzle remaining olive oil equally on each mound. Bake 20 minutes. Sausage patties should be browned. Place slices of cheese on each patty and replace in oven for 5 to 7 minutes until cheese is lightly melted. Keep warm until ready to serve.
4. Mix sauce ingredients in small saucepan over medium heat for approx. 2 minutes. Stirring briskly with wire whisk or wooden spoon, drop heat to medium-low before any boiling can occur. Cover. Let sit on burner for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Sauce should start to thicken.
5. Place Italian bread slices on to cookie sheet or shallow baking pan. Spread about a teaspoon of butter on top of the each bread slice. Sprinkle a dash of garlic salt on top of buttered bread. Place pan in oven for 5 to 8 minutes or until bread is toasted golden brown.
6. Place slice of Italian toasted bread on plate. Place a cheese-topped sausage patty on top. Drizzle tablespoons of butter garlic sauce on top of patty and bread. Top with another piece of toasted bread. Continue with next plates. Serve warm.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/baked-ricotta-sandwiches-with-buttered-garlic-tomato-sauce-50088438 (may not work)