Living The Gourmet Jamaican Beef Patties
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 - 11:27pm

Ingredients




Crust:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons cold sweet butter
5 tablespoons olive oil
 cup ice water
1 egg yolk
Filling:

8 ounces lean ground beef
1 bunch scallions – chopped
1 teaspoon Jalapeño pepper
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric

Preparation

1 Crust: 2 Whisk flour, turmeric, baking powder in a large bowl.  Cut butter into small pieces and quickly rub them into the dry ingredients with your fingers until smaller but still visible. 3 Add oil and toss with a fork to combine. 4 Whisk water and egg yolk in a small bowl.  Add to the flour mixture and stir until the dough begins to come together.  Knead in the bowl a few times until it forms a ball.  Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 5 Filling: 6 Cook ground beef, scallions and Jalapeño in a frying pan over medium heat, breaking up the beef.  Stir in breadcrumbs, water, thyme, turmeric and mix well.  Let cool. 7 Preheat oven 400 degrees: 8 To make patties: 9 On a floured surface, roll out the dough about 3/8 inch thick.  With the top of a medium sized mayonnaise jar cut out circles.  Put a tsp of the filling in the middle and fold over the dough to make a half-moon shape and press the edges with a fork to seal. 10 Place on a non-stick baking sheet and bake the patties until golden.  About 20-25 minutes.

About


Adapted from Eating Well Magazine.
These make a great appetizer or a fun snack.  
Enjoy with love,
Catherine