Some Dishes in Jamaica!

• 1.Jamaican Patties
• 2.Gizzada "pinch-me-round"

Jamaican Patty

Ingredients

For the Crust

• 3 ½ cups/450 grams all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
• 3 teaspoons/7 grams ground turmeric
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt (Diamond Crystal)
• 1 cup 187 grams vegetable shortening
• ½ packed cup/67 grams minced or ground unrendered beef suet (see Tip)
• ½ to ¾ cup 118 to 177 milliliters ice cold water

For the Filling

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 small Scotch bonnet peppers, seeded and minced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 pound beef chuck, minced or ground
• 2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce, preferably dark soy sauce
• 2 small beef stock cubes (14 grams), dissolved in 3 tablespoons boiling water

Directions

• Step 1: Make the crust: Whisk flour in a medium bowl, then whisk in turmeric, sugar and salt. Work in shortening and beef suet quickly, rubbing them into the dry ingredients with your fingers until the mixture is evenly crumbly. Gradually add 1/2 cup ice cold water while stirring with your hands to form the dough. If the dough isn’t coming together, add more water by the tablespoon as necessary. Form dough into a ball, cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
• Step 2: While the dough is chilling, make the filling: Heat a large frying pan over medium, then add vegetable oil. Fry scotch bonnet peppers and onion, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 4 to 8 minutes. Season with allspice, black pepper, garlic powder, paprika, soy sauce and the beef stock mixture. Cook, stirring, until most of the liquid evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a dish and let cool completely at room temperature or in the refrigerator. (The filling can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 days.)
• Step 3: When ready to assemble patties, heat oven to 375 degrees. Remove dough from the refrigerator and roll on a lightly floured work surface with a lightly floured pin into a 12-inch square. (Turmeric will stain a porous work surface. Roll between sheets of parchment paper if needed.) Fold dough in half to form a rectangle, then fold again the other way to form a square. Roll again into a 12-inch square. Repeat this process 3 more times, letting dough rest as needed if it’s too stiff to roll. Roll to 1/8-inch thickness, then use a bowl or pastry cutter to cut out 10 (6-inch) rounds, rerolling scraps as necessary.
• Step 4: Divide beef mixture among rounds, spooning about 1/4 cup onto one side of each round. Fold the other side of each round over the meat until the edges meet. Using a fork, seal the edges, then prick the center of each to allow steam to escape.
• Step 5: Place patties on 1 or 2 baking sheets, and bake until pastry is set and golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

Gizzada

Ingredients

For the Pastry

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 1/4 oz shortening
• 1 3/4 oz margarine

For the Filling

• 1 large dry coconut, grated
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 3/4 oz margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon butter
• Maraschino cherries (optional)

Directions

For the Pastry:

• Step 1: Over low heat, add water and sugar to a heavy bottom pot.
• Step 2:Boil until it turns into a syrup.
• Step 3: Add grated coconut, and nutmeg and continue to boil for about another 10 minutes. Continue to stir occasionally.
• Step 4: Add butter and mix into mixture until all the butter has disappeared.
• Step 5: Set aside and cool.

For the Filling:

• Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. While the oven is preheating, sift together salt and flour into a large bowl. After the flour is mixed well, cut shortneing and butter into the mixture until it is incorporated.
• Step 2:Add water to mixture to make a dough. Place dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Step 3: After the dough has rested for about 30 minutes, usea rolling pin on a floured surface, and roll dough out to about a 1/4 inch thickness. With about an 8-inch glass cut circles out of dough. If you have tart pans place dough into pans cutting off any excess dough. If no pans, pinch around the dough. You are making a casing for the coconut filling.
• Step 4: Once all shells are made, place dough on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
• Step 5: Take out of oven and carefully add coconut filling to cases. Decorate with half a cherry in the center. Bake treats for another 20 minutes.
• Set aside to cool. Enjoy!

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