Gizzada

Name: Gizzada
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 2 cups flour, for the pastry; 2 cups fresh coconut, grated; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup butter, for the pastry

Gizzada/gih-ZAH-dah/

Also known as: Pinch-Me-Round

About this dish

A sweet Jamaican pastry tart filled with spiced, caramelized coconut.

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Ingredients

🌾2 cups flour, for the pastry

🥥2 cups fresh coconut, grated

🍬3/4 cup brown sugar

🧈1/2 cup butter, for the pastry

Method

Serves 4

Make a short pastry dough with flour and butter, then rest it.

Roll out and cut into small rounds, pressing into tart molds.

Crimp the edges of each tart shell decoratively.

Cook grated coconut with brown sugar and spices until caramelized.

Fill the tart shells with the coconut mixture and bake until golden.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gizzada is a traditional Jamaican pastry, its crimped edges giving it the nickname 'pinch-me-round.'

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