PASTRY
2 cups Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 tablespoon curry powder
1/4 cup Solid shortening
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine
1/3 cup Cold water
Sift the flour, curry powder and salt into a large bowl. Cut in the shortening and margarine until crumbly. Add the cold water to make a stiff dough. Lightly flour a wooden cutting board and roll out the dough until about 1/8-inch thick. Cut out 8-inch circles. Cover with wax paper or damp cloth until ready to use. You can place the dough in the refrigerator overnight. If you do refrigerate, remove the dough at least 15 minutes before using.
MEAT FILLING
2 tablespoon oil
1 Small white onion, Finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon Chopped Scotch Bonnet pepper
1/2 lb. Lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon Curry powder
1/2 teaspoon Dried thyme
1/4 cup Breadcrumbs
1/4 cup Beef or chicken stock
1 Egg, beaten
1/4 cup Water
In a heavy skillet, melt the margarine and sauté the onion and Scotch Bonnet Pepper until they become limp. Add the ground beef, salt, pepper, curry powder and thyme and mix well. Brown the meat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the breadcrumbs and stock and combine all the ingredients well. Cover the skillet and simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. When all the liquids have been absorbed, the filling is ready. It should be moist but not watery. Remove the skillet from the stove and preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Uncover the dough circles and place 2 to 3 tablespoons of filling on half of each. Moisten the edges of the dough with water and fold the dough circle over the meat filling. Pinch the edges closed with a fork. Lightly brush the pastry with a mixture of the egg and water. Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet for 30 to 40 minutes or until the pastry are golden brown.
Serves: 10 Patties
So I only made my pastry circles 4 inches in diameter and thought they were still great. I since have learned that Scotch Bonnett Peppers are an extremely hot Caribbean pepper. Typically you would substitute it with jalapenos or habaneros, but double it. I substituted it with 1/4 tsp of ground cayenne red pepper. We thought it had just the right amount of kick to it. It ended up made 12 patties, but I did throw some dough away because I already had to roll out the dough too many times and I knew it was getting too tough. Anyway, these were fun to make for me ... probably more because of the sentimentality for Chris. Needless to say, they were definitely a hit in our home.
3 comments:
They sound good, I can't wait to make them!
They are awesome! Had them for Lunch again today. Thanks Melanie.
I made these last night and they were good. However, I think if I had all the correct ingredients they would've been better. You see, being that our funds are almost nil at the time being I had to improvise. At the time they seemed like minor improvisions (that's a word, right? my computer says it's not), but now I feel they probably made or broke the beef patties. My first thing was I didn't' have regular bread crumbs...BUT i did have Italian bread crumbs...I figured it wouldn't really be noticeable, but it was. It didn't make them bad though. But the other thing was I didn't have any of the spices Mel listed to give the patties the "kick" however, I did have Cajun seasoning, which to my defense, did smell like it would have a kick to it. To my dismay it didn't. I also think I could have gotten the dough rolled out thinner. But in the end they turned out pretty good and I was satisfied with them. I was a bit concerned with the ground beef and the grease that would be in it, however I bought the 91% lean beef (yeah, I'm new to cooking and didn't know this existed), so I was excited when I was done browning the beef that there wasn't much grease left over in the pan. I also tried to make my meal similar to Mel's, I made rice, instead of peas I boiled carrots, and we had pears. Yeah, I know to most of you it doesn't all go together and sounds a bit blan, but hey, it was pretty healthy and I thought it tasted quite good :)
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