Sausage patties with fried tomatoes

This delicious mid-week meal is made even more tasty with the addition of pesto and a side serving of chips.

Ingredients

1 tsp	Mixed spice
500 g	Sausage meat (Main)
¼ cup	Fresh parsley
2 Tbsp	Olive oil
4	Tomatoes
1 to taste	Salt & freshly ground pepper
½ cup	Pesto (Main)

Directions

1. Place sausage meat, mixed spice and chopped fresh parsley in a bowl and stir to combine (it should not need salt and pepper). With damp hands, shape mixture into four oval patties.
2. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add a film of oil to the pan, then add the sausage patties and cook for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through.
3. At the same time (in another pan if necessary), pan-fry the halved medium-sized tomatoes in a little oil for 2 minutes on each side. Season fried tomatoes with salt and pepper and serve with hot sausage patties, a dollop of pesto and chips on the side.