Jamaican Meat Patties
From saucylady 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Put some reggae on the stereo and you're transported to Jamaica Mon!
Ingredients
- For the pastry dough shopping list
- 4 C All purpose flour shopping list
- 1 t Jamaican curry powder shopping list
- 1/2 t salt shopping list
- 1/2 t baking powder shopping list
- 1 1/4 C shortening or butter, cold shopping list
- 1/2 C ice water or more if necessary shopping list
- For the filling shopping list
- 2 T olive oil shopping list
- 1 Onion- finely chopped shopping list
- 3 garlic cloves-finely chopped shopping list
- 1 lb lean ground beef. If using regular hamburger-fry up halfway-drain fat before adding onions and garlic. shopping list
- 1 T Jamaican curry powder shopping list
- 1 t salt shopping list
- 1/2 t black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 C bread crumbs (start with 1/4 C and add more if necessary) shopping list
- 1/2 C chicken stock or water shopping list
- 2 Large green onions shopping list
- 1 or 2 scotch bonnet peppers (or habanero) shopping list
- 2 t fresh thyme leaves shopping list
How to make it
- For the filling
- Heat oil in large heavy skillet. Add onions and garlic. Cook stirring until onion wilts.
- Add ground beef and cook until browned.
- Sprinkle with curry, salt, pepper, scoth bonnets and thyme.
- Cook for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in bread crumbs and stock or water.
- Cook and stir about 20 minutes.
- Mixture should be thick but not dry.
- Add green onions.
- Let cool.
- For the dough
- Combine flour, curry powder, salt, baking powder.
- Cut in butter or shortening until in tiny bits.
- Add water and gather into a ball.
- Roll out dough to about 1/4" thickness and cut into 4 circles. The thinner you roll the dough the better or they will be dry.
- Place about 1 T filling on each circle.
- Brush edges with water or beaten egg-fold over and seal.
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake 25 to 30 minutes.
- Can be made ahead and frozen or made a day ahead and baked when guests arrive.
- This recipe makes approx. 36 patties.
brianna
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