Jamaican Beef Patty

Name: Jamaican Beef Patty
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 tbsp turmeric; 1 cup cold butter; 500g ground beef; 1 scotch bonnet pepper, minced

Jamaican Beef Patty/juh-MAY-kun beef PAT-ee/

About this dish

A flaky, turmeric-colored pastry filled with spiced ground beef.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour

🟡1 tbsp turmeric

🧈1 cup cold butter

🥩500g ground beef

🌶️1 scotch bonnet pepper, minced

Method

Serves 2

Mix flour, turmeric, and butter into a crumbly pastry, then bind with cold water; chill.

Cook the ground beef with onion, garlic, and scotch bonnet until well seasoned.

Roll out the pastry and cut into circles.

Fill each circle with a portion of the beef mixture, fold over, and crimp the edges.

Bake at 200°C (400°F) for about 25-30 minutes until golden.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

The Jamaican beef patty is a widely eaten street food and snack, distinguished by its golden, curry-spiced pastry.

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