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Patí Limonense

Name: Patí Limonense
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Costa Rica
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 100g Butter; 1 tsp Turmeric; 100ml Water; 300g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs; 1 Chili pepper; 2 sprigs Thyme; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spiced beef wrapped in yellow pastry — the spicy meat pie of Limón on Costa Rica's Caribbean side.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Patí is a half-moon pie born of the Afro-Caribbean culture of Limón province on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. Brought by Jamaican immigrants, it wraps ground beef spiced hot with onion, garlic, and chili in pastry tinted yellow with turmeric and is baked. Sold on Limón's streets and at bus terminals, it's a popular quick snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In the Caribbean town of Limón, yellow half-moon pies line a kiosk at the breezy bus stop as travelers buy them wrapped in paper.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

All-purpose flour 300g
Butter 100g
Turmeric 1 tsp
Water 100ml
Ground Beef 300g
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Breadcrumbs 3 tbsp
Chili pepper 1
Thyme 2 sprigs
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub cold butter into the flour, turmeric, and a little salt until crumbly, bring together with ice water, and chill 30 minutes.
Sauté the chopped onion, garlic, and chili, add the ground beef, thyme, curry powder, salt, and pepper, and fry.
Add a little water and the breadcrumbs to bind it moist, and let cool.
Divide the dough into 12, roll into rounds, add filling, fold into half-moons, and press the edges with a fork.
Bake at 190°C for 25 minutes.

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