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Jamaican Patty Crust Recipe

Jamaican Patty Crust Recipe

5 Ingredient Jamaican Patty Crust Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Jamaican
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 162 kcal

Equipment

  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Fork
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups All Purpose Flour plus extra flour for kneading and rolling
  • ½ Cup Unsalted Butter Cold
  • ¼ Cup Cold Water
  • 1 Tablespoon Jamaican Curry Powder
  • ¼ Teaspoon Salt

Instructions
 

  • In a medium bowl, add the all purpose flour, curry powder and salt.
  • Use a fork to combine the Jamaican Curry Powder and salt in to the all purpose flour.
  • Once the dry ingredients have combined, add the cold butter and use the fork to break the butter into the flour mixture.
    This should resemble breadcrumb!
  • After cutting the butter into the flour, add the cold water.
  • Gently mix the water into crumbly flour mixture until a soft and smooth dough is formed.
    Do not over-KNEAD!
  • Wrap the dough in the plastic wrap and rest for 10 minutes.
  • Flour a flat surface with a light amount of flour and roll out the dough to about an ⅛th of an inch.
  • Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces and lay each piece on a non-stick baking tray.
  • Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees fahrenheit or until golden brown.

To Fill the Jamaican Patty Crust

  • Before baking, add your desired filling to only a half of the dough.
  • Fold the empty side of the dough onto the filling and seal the edges with your fingers.
  • With filling, bake for an additional 15 minutes.

Video

Notes

There are many different filling options for filling Jamaican patty.
The one in picture is an ackee and saltfish patty, but here a few a other Jamaican option:
1. Curry Lentil
2. Curry Chicken
 
Jamaican patties usually come in three different sizes. They can be either small (cocktail), medium (American), or large (Traditional Jamaican).
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