Spicy Turkey Sausage Patties

It was Saturday afternoon and I was looking for a new recipe for Saturday dinner.  I really shouldn't wait that long since it makes it hard to find a recipe to which I have all the ingredients, but that's how it worked out today.  I had ground turkey and wanted to make something with that.  I found these spicy turkey sausage patties and I had all the ingredients so I decided to try it out.  I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to make patties or just cook it all like ground turkey with vegetables mixed with it.  In the end, I made patties.

I followed the recipe nearly exactly but I only had a pound of meat so I just put in a little less of everything else.  I almost put in cardamom instead of coriander but I caught my mistake in time.  I also added some salt (not very much) because iodized salt is good for pregnant ladies.  Here is the meat that will sit for about twenty minutes.   

I made patties and I was surprised by all the liquid in the pan.  It didn't make much sense to me but I guess it was probably the chicken broth in the meat.  They did finally cook but I wasn't happy with the result and it caked a lot of grease on to my pan.  Ugh.  

Here are the finished patties.  At the time I sat down to eat them they were very unappealing.  They are pretty spicy and I think they have too much cumin.  I wanted them to brown a little more but I think that would've made my pan very hard to clean.  I can't say I loved these but I think I might've like them more if I wasn't pregnant.  Maybe I should be wary of trying new dishes?  I did manage to eat four of them before I threw in the towel.  I will eat the rest because they are not that terrible.  I think it was mainly because I had been smelling them while they cooked and it wasn't very appetizing.