Spicy beef and tomato fritters

Fritters are always a great lunch dish. They are very easy to put together and everyone loves them. These are also very tasty cooked on a barbecue for those long summer lunches.

Ingredients

1 cup	Self raising flour, 225g
1 cup	Milk
2	Eggs
6	Vine-ripened tomatoes, small, deseeded and diced (Main)
2 Tbsp	Fresh basil, chopped
3 cloves	Garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp	Olive oil
1 Tbsp	Olive oil
1 to taste	Salt & freshly ground pepper
160 g	Beef sausages, cut into pieces (Main)
50 g	Aged cheddar cheese, grated

Directions

1. In a bowl, beat the flour, eggs and milk together to form a batter, then add the remaining ingredients except the sausages.
2. In a frying pan, sautee the beef sausage pieces until just cooked. Add them to the fritter mix.
3. In a large flat frying pan over a medium heat, add a little oil and fry large spoonfuls of the mixture until golden brown on one side, turn, and brown the other side.
4. Serve with mayonnaise, herb creme fraiche or a spicy tomato salsa.