This Jamaican beef patty recipe makes delicious curryflavored beef pastries popular in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands Try serving them with peas and rice or have them as a snack
Prep Time
1 hr 10 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
10
Ingredients
Instructions
Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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Prepare pastry: Combine flour
1 ½ teaspoons curry powder
and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
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Stir in water until mixture forms a ball.
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Shape dough into a log and cut it into 10 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 6-inch circle (approximately 1/8-inch thick) on a lightly floured surface; set aside.
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To make the beef filling: Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion and diced Scotch bonnet pepper until soft
about 2 minutes. Stir in ground beef; season with 1 teaspoon curry powder
allspice
ground cloves
thyme
pepper
and salt. Cook
stirring constantly
until beef is evenly browned
8 to 10 minutes. Crumble in bouillon cube and stir in 1/2 cup of water and browning sauce until well combined; add bay leaf and simmer until liquid is absorbed. Remove skillet from heat; discard bay leaf and stir in bread crumbs.
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Spoon equal amounts of filling onto each pastry circle.
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Fold over and press edges together
making a half-circle. Use the back of a fork to seal edges
then brush tops with beaten egg. Place pastries on a baking sheet.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown
about 30 minutes.
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From the Editor
This recipe was tested in our test kitchen in May 2024 and updated to include allspice
ground cloves
and a Scotch bonnet pepper for additional flavor in the beef filling.
