Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter, softened
4 slices rye bread
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
1 1/2 pound fresh ground round (divided and shaped into 2 oval burgers)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small red onion, peeled and sliced into rings
2 to 3 slices Swiss cheese

Directions
Melt butter over flat top griddle or large cast-iron skillet and toast
rye bread slices. Season and grill burgers on flat top. Cook to medium-rare. Put olive oil on
griddle and grill onions until caramelized. Melt cheese slices over each burger. Assemble pattymelt
by placing cheeseburgers over one slice each rye toast, top with caramelized onions and remaining
slices of rye toast.
Serve with French fries and sliced cantaloupe.