Looking for JAMICIAN meat pie recipe....???

Question

Have looked and looked and can't find one anywhere. Big Y makes them but I'd like to know how to do it too. Thanx.

Answer 1

Here's one from Emeril; should be good (5 stars out of 5)
The second is from Cheryl Smith's "Melting Pot" and is less complicated. I'm OK with the ones at Big Y, but you really need to go to a Jamaican restaurant to get the real flavor, maybe with some ginger beer, coco bread, oxtail or curry goat, with a side of collards and those hot yellow peppers.

Jamaican Meat Patties Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2001
Show: Emeril Live
Episode: A Taste of Jamaica

For the pastry:
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons dried turmeric or annatto
2 teaspoons salt
8 tablespoons vegetable shortening
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cold water
For the filling:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or butter
1 large onion, finely chopped (1 1/2 cups chopped)
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
1 pound ground beef
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric or annatto
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and finely chopped, optional
2 sprigs fresh thyme, finely chopped
3 scallions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
1 pound ripe tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup water or beef stock
3 tablespoons Jamaican rum

To assemble the patties:
Flour for rolling out the dough
2 egg yolks, beaten with 1 teaspoon of rum


For the pastry: Sift the flour, turmeric, and salt into a large bowl. Using your fingers, two knives, or a pastry blender, cut in the shortening and butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Working quickly, add only enough water to form a firm dough. Do not overwork pastry. Form dough into a disc, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 1/2 hours or overnight.
In a large skillet, heat the oil until hot but not smoking. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add the ground beef, turmeric, cumin, allspice, cardamom, hot peppers, and thyme and cook until the beef is browned and spices are fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add the scallions, parsley, tomatoes, and stock and simmer for about 25 minutes, until the flavors have come together and almost all of the liquid has evaporated. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper, remove from the heat and stir in the rum. Set aside to cool before assembling the patties.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry and cut into circles about 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Spoon a scant 1/4 cup of the cooled filling onto the center of one side of each circle, and lightly brush the edges of the circle with a little of the beaten egg yolk mixture. Fold the other half of the pastry over so that the edges meet, and use a fork to crimp the edges together. Lightly brush the top of each patty with a little of the beaten egg yolk mixture. Place the patties on parchment-lined baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.


Jamaican Beef Patties Copyright 2000 Cheryl Smith
Show: Melting Pot
Episode: The Soul Kitchen--Night Bites







Dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 cup cold butter or shortening
3/4 cup iced water
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 egg yolks
Egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1/4 cup water)

Combine flour, salt, and curry powder in work bowl of food processor, pulse to combine. Add the butter or shortening and process until the mixture looks like fine crumbs. In a bowl combine water, vinegar, and egg yolks. Add wet mixture to work bowl and pulse until a ball forms. Cover dough in plastic wrap and let rest in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.

Filling:
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 medium onion, diced
4 sprigs scallions, sliced
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon Scotch Bonnet pepper, chopped
1 pound ground beef
1 teaspoon salt
Water
1 cup bread crumbs
Fresh ground pepper

Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat, add onions, scallions, thyme, and Scotch bonnet peppers. When onion begins to soften, add ground beef, salt, and enough water to barely cover meat, simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Add bread crumbs and adjust with salt and pepper, allow to cool.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Roll the dough out to 1/8-inch thick. Cut the dough into 6-inch circles. Place 2 tablespoons of the meat filling onto half of each dough round. Brush the edges of the dough with the egg wash. Fold the dough over the filling to make a half moon shape and press to seal. Place the patties on a parchment lined cookie sheet and place in the oven for 25 to 35 minutes. ***If making the cocktail size, cut the dough into 3-inch circles.

Answer 2

Jamaican Beef Patties

1 large onion, minced
1 scallion, trimmed and minced
1 hot chile pepper, seeded and minced, or 1/2 tsp. dried
1 pound lean ground beef
2 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 tbsp. curry powder
black pepper
11/2 cups dried bread crumbs

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp curry
1 tsp salt
1 cup margarine, butter or other solid vegetable shortening
8-12 tbsp ice water

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Make pastry in Cuisinart or with pastry blender or knives in a
bowl. Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight. Saute meat, onion, scallion,
hot pepper, in oil. Cook until it is brown (about 5 min.). Stir in
spices and 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook for 30 min. Add bread
crumbs. Roll pastry, cut into 24 circles, fill as half-moon shapes.
Put on baking sheet. Bake 30 minutes at 400.

Answer 3

great recipes on the web... just type in jamaican beef pattie/pie. id one for christmas,although i did the meat filling in phyllo dough. recipe consists of ground beef, and scotch bonnet pepper,(couldnt find) i used a jalapeno instead (added a few seeds, it wasnt spicey enough) any way there were none left!!! i bleieve the website i used was allrecipes.com...