Jamaica / Snacks
Jamaican patties
Pastries of turmeric-yellow flaky dough with a spiced beef filling.
Ingredients
- Flour500 g
- Turmeric2 tsp
- Curry powder1 tsp
- Lard or shortening, cold250 g
- Iced water150 ml
- Minced beef600 g
- Onions2
- Scotch bonnet1
- Thyme4 sprigs
- Ground allspice1 tsp
- Breadcrumbs60 g
- Beef stock250 ml
- Spring onions4
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Mix the flour with turmeric, curry powder and salt and rub in the cold fat in large pieces, not to a fine crumb.
Add the iced water and bring the dough together without kneading, then chill it half an hour.
Roll it out, fold it in three and repeat twice more, chilling between folds.
Fry the onion, spring onion, thyme and chopped scotch bonnet, add the mince and cook it through.
Add the stock, allspice and breadcrumbs and cook ten minutes to a juicy but not runny filling.
Cool the filling completely, roll out the dough and cut fifteen-centimetre rounds.
Put filling on half of each round, fold it over, crimp with a fork and bake at 200 °C for thirty minutes.
