Sausage Patty Melt

• Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), for drizzling, plus 1 tablespoon (once around the pan)
• 4 Italian hot sausage patties
• 4 Italian sweet sausage patties
• 1 cubanelle pepper (long, light green, fresh Italian pepper), seeded and sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and thinly sliced
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed out of their skin
• 1 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper flakes
• Salt
• 8 deli slices provolone cheese

1. Heat a large nonstick skillet or grill pan for the patties, another medium skillet for the peppers and onions, over medium-high heat.
2. Drizzle the nonstick pan or grill pan with EVOO and fry the sausage patties in 2 batches, 2 hot and 2 sweet at a time.
3. The patties cook in 5 to 6 minutes per side, so you can make 2 batches in less than 30 minutes.
4. While the sausages cook, add 1 tablespoon EVOO to the second skillet and fry up the peppers, onion, and garlic for 6 to 7 minutes, until tender but still full of color and a little crunch.
5. Season the veggies with the red pepper flakes and salt to taste.
6. To assemble, pile some peppers and onions on a sweet sausage patty.
7. Top with 2 slices of the provolone and a hot sausage patty.
8. Press to set.
9. Hold the patties under a foil tent for 1 minute so the cheese melts and the 2 patties and veggies all stick together.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sausage-patty-melt-374743 (may not work)