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Jamaican Beef Patty

Name: Jamaican Beef Patty
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Turmeric; 150g Butter; 300g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper; 2 tbsp Breadcrumbs; 1 tsp Cumin powder; To taste Salt; To taste Pepper

Snack

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spiced ground beef baked in turmeric-yellow pastry — Jamaica's favorite snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The beef patty is a half-moon savory pie thought to have come from a blend of the British Cornish pasty and Caribbean spice. Its golden pastry is made with turmeric, and the ground beef filling gets its kick from Scotch bonnet. It's the everyday fast food found everywhere on the island, eaten for breakfast or as a quick lunch.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Children on their way home from school and workers on a break buy a hot patty from the patty shop window.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Turmeric 1 tsp
Butter 150g
Ground Beef 300g
Onion 1
Scotch Bonnet Pepper 1
Breadcrumbs 2 tbsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Salt To taste
Pepper To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub cold butter into flour, turmeric, and salt until crumbly, add ice water to form a pastry, and chill.
Sauté onion and garlic, then add the ground beef and cook.
Add chili, cumin, and breadcrumbs and cook until dry to make the filling.
Roll the pastry into rounds, add filling, fold into half-moons, and seal the edges with a fork.
Bake at 200°C for 20–25 minutes until golden.

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