Living The Gourmet Jamaican Beef Patties

Food Ingredients:
Crust: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 4 tablespoons cold sweet butter 5 tablespoons olive oil cup ice water 1 egg yolk Filling: 8 ounces lean ground beef 1 bunch scallions – chopped 1 teaspoon Jalapeño pepper 1/4 cup breadcrumbs 1/4 cup water 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric

Recipe preparation:
1 Crust: 2 Whisk flour, turmeric, baking powder in a large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces and quickly rub them into the dry ingredients with your fingers until smaller but still visible. 3 Add oil and toss with a fork to combine. 4 Whisk water and egg yolk in a small bowl. Add to the flour mixture and stir until the dough begins to come together. Knead in the bowl a few times until it forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 5 Filling: 6 Cook ground beef, scallions and Jalapeño in a frying pan over medium heat, breaking up the beef. Stir in breadcrumbs, water, thyme, turmeric and mix well. Let cool. 7 Preheat oven 400 degrees: 8 To make patties: 9 On a floured surface, roll out the dough about 3/8 inch thick. With the top of a medium sized mayonnaise jar cut out circles. Put a tsp of the filling in the middle and fold over the dough to make a half-moon shape and press the edges with a fork to seal. 10 Place on a non-stick baking sheet and bake the patties until golden. About 20-25 minutes.

Recipe source: Foodista recipe