# Homemade Jamaican Beef Patties

Golden, buttery, flaky pastry stuffed with juicy, perfectly seasoned beef.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cold butter, diced
- 1/2 cup frozen butter, grated
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- as needed ice-cold water
- 2 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 3 scallions, chopped
- 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, seeded & minced
- 3 clove garlic, minced
- 1 thumb ginger, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1.5-2 cup beef stock
- 1 tbsp browning
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 slice white bread
- as needed water
- neutral oil (optional)
- salt (optional)
- black pepper (optional)

## Instructions

1. Mix flour, turmeric, curry powder, salt and pepper. Rub in diced cold butter, then gradually add ice water until dough forms.
2. Rest the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough, grate 1/4 cup of the frozen butter over it, fold into thirds and repeat the process with the remaining 1/4 cup of frozen butter. Chill before rolling.
4. Brown the beef and remove it from the pan.
5. In the same pan, sauté onion, scallion, Scotch bonnet, garlic, ginger and thyme with a little oil.
6. Add curry powder and cook until fragrant.
7. Return beef to the pan, add stock, browning and soy sauce. Simmer until rich and flavourful. Season to taste.
8. Blend white bread with a little water to form a paste and stir into the beef mixture.
9. Blend 1/3 of the beef mixture until fine, then fold it back into the filling. Cool completely.
10. Roll out the pastry to roughly 1/8-inch thickness.
11. Cut the pastry into circles, add the beef filling, fold over and seal the edges with a fork.
12. Chill the assembled patties for 15-20 minutes.
13. Bake at 400-425°F for 25-30 minutes until beautifully golden, puffed and flaky.

## Equipment

- knife
- microplane
- frying pan
- wooden spoon
- blender
- rolling pin
- box grater
- baking sheet
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeU27aXhZUN/?vrfl=MWJqamVxZW5objVoYw==
- Creator: Dwight Smith
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b9474d93-83d1-4190-9095-f6ee60f84a13
- Extracted: 2026-11-13

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