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Authentic Jamaican Patty Recipe (Flaky Beef Patties)

October 18, 2021 by Michelle
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Jamaican Beef Patty Recipe

These authentic Jamaican beef patties are so easy to make, tastes so good and is the perfect on the go snack. Packed full of flavour and spice; you won’t be able to resist this!

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How to Jamaican beef patty

Who doesn’t love a Jamaican beef patty?

It’s a snack I grew up eating, I would always buy it from my local Jamaican takeaway for the most delicious, authentic and original patties. They taste so good and you can make your own Jamaican beef patties at home yourself, it’s so easy to do with this recipe!

Both the beef filling and pastry is pretty easy to make, you’ll make distinctively yellow patties that are totally irresistible.

Authentic Jamaican patty recipe

What Is A Jamaican Patty?

If you’ve never tried a Jamaican patty before, then you’re really in for a treat! Patties are a type of fast food in Jamaica and you can almost certainly get them in any UK Jamaican takeaway shop.

It’s a golden buttery flaky pastry that’s filled with a tasty and spicy filling.

The type of filling inside the patty varies, some popular flavours are beef, lamb, saltfish and a veggie version. With this recipe you’ll make a ground beef filling, the pastry remains the same no matter what filling you use.

Easy flaky beef Jamaican patty

What Pastry Is A Jamaican Patty Made Of?

Making pastry can be a little bit scary at times but this flaky and buttery Jamaican pastry dough is actually pretty easy to make.

It’s a flaky pastry made yellow by the addition of turmeric and curry powder. You don’t have to add both turmeric and curry powder, both individually provides the distinctive yellow sunshine glow.

If you have a food processor, then making the dough will be very simple and done in a matter of seconds. I made the dough by hand which you’ll see in the video below.

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How To Make Authentic Jamaican Patties

Below is a step-by step guide on how to make easy Jamaican beef patties. Full recipe instructions are on the recipe card at the bottom.

How To Make The Pastry

To make the Jamaican patty dough you’ll simply need plain flour, curry powder, turmeric, butter, baking powder, milk and salt. If you don’t have milk, you can use water instead.

Step One:

Using rub-in method to make pastry

Pour plain flour into a large mixing bowl and add a tablespoon each of curry powder, turmeric, baking powder and salt. Mix until evenly distributed.

Then add cubes of butter into the mixing bowl and rub-in until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Step Two:

Jamaican Patty Dough

Pour half of the milk into the mixture and mix together before pouring the remaining half bit-by-bit mixing each time. Use your hands to bring the dough together. Then place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, you can use this time to prepare the filling.

Sprinkle more flour if necessary.

Top Tip: It’s so important to work quickly with the dough and not to handle it with your hands too much. You don’t want to melt the dough as you’ll get less of a flaky texture.

How To Make The Jamaican Patties Beef Filling

Time to make the filling! This stage involves frying the filling ingredients together.

Step Three:

Seasoned mince meat

Pour the minced (grounded) beef into a large mixing bowl and add a tablespoon of smoked paprika, onion powder, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper. Mix together until evenly distributed.

Step Four:

Frying garlic, spring onions, scotch bonnet

Add oil to a pan and heat on a high heat. Fry the garlic, onions, spring onions, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet for 2 to 3 mins.

Step Five:

Jamaican beef patty filling

Add the minced beef meat into the frying pan and stir continuously, add a tablespoon of smoked paprika, onion powder, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper. Continue to fry for 2 to 3 minutes before adding 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, ketchup and a tablespoon of browning sauce.

Leave to simmer for 5 minutes with the lid on, then continue to stir for 2 to 3 minutes breaking any clumps with the back of your wooden spoon.

Top Tip: Browning sauce is used to help create the traditional dark brown filling colour; you don’t have to add it in if you don’t want too.

Some Jamaican patty fillings can be quite paste-like, to create this effect simply blend the mixture for just a few seconds. Careful not to blend it for too long, you don’t want it to be a complete smooth paste!

How To Assemble A Patty

Step Six:

Adding beef filling in the lower centre of patty dough
Use a fork to seal the edges

Flour your work surface and roll out the pastry, cut out circle shapes using a bowl (or plate). Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of the beef filling to the lower centre of the pastry.

Make an egg wash by whisking an egg and use it to coat the edge of one half of the pastry.

Fold over the pastry and press the edges together with your fingers. With a fork, dip it in flour and press down to create the authentic patty crimped edges.

I used a bowl with an 18″ diameter to cut out circle shapes.

Step Seven:

Sealing beef patties with an egg wash

Coat the pastry with an egg wash and bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

What Do You Serve With Jamaican Beef Patties?

You can eat patties by themselves but you can also make a meal out of it with these side dishes below:

  • Fried Plantain
  • Macaroni Cheese
  • Coleslaw
  • Coco Bread
  • Roti
  • Hardo Bread
  • Chips

How To Store And Reheat Jamaican Patties

Patties are best eaten fresh but you can keep them for up to 2 to 3 days stored in an airtight container. If you don’t plan on eating them straight away, leave them to cool down before placing in the freezer for up to 2 months.

To reheat, simply place in the microwave and heat until piping hot throughout, you can also place them in the oven for around 15 minutes at 180°C.

To reheat from frozen, leave the patties to defrost before placing in the oven or microwave. If you are heating the patties from frozen, then it’s best to heat in the oven for at least 25 minutes.

Authentic beef Jamaican patty

More Quick Top Tips

Careful With Turmeric: Turmeric is well known for staining! Avoid wearing white or super light colours when using turmeric as it can easily stain your clothes.

Use Cold Butter: Keep you butter cold, cold, cold! The colder the better, keep your butter in the fridge before using it so that it can be as cold as possible. This will help give the pastry a flaky texture.

Flour Your Cutter: Whatever you use to make circle shapes in your pastry, make sure you flour it before using it. This will help to prevent the pastry sticking to it.

Equipment Needed

Below are a few vital equipment needed to make these beef patties:

  • Baking Tray: Needed to bake the Jamaican patties in the oven.
  • Mixing Bowls: To make the Jamaican patty dough and mix beef mince with seasonings.
  • Basting Brush: To seal the patties with an egg wash before crimping it with a fork and to do the egg wash.
  • Food Processor: You can use a food processor to make the pastry or do it by hand. If you use a food processor, simply add all the ingredients apart from milk and blend till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Then add milk (or water) little by little until a dough has formed.
  • Parchment Paper: To line your baking tray and to prevent the patties from sticking to the trays.

More Easy Pastry Recipes To Try:

  • Bacon And Cheese Turnovers
  • Cheese Twists
How to Jamaican beef patty

Authentic Jamaican Patty Recipe (Flaky Beef Patties)

Michelle
Here's how to make authentic Jamaican beef patties with this easy recipe. This patty recipe is the best ever and is so tasty.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course lunch, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Jamaican
Servings 8 Patties
Calories 644 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Pastry

  • 450 g Plain Flour
  • 227 g Butter Block Butter
  • 1 tbsp Curry Powder
  • 1 tbsp Turmeric
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 1 Egg For Egg Wash

Beef Filling

  • 500 g Minced Beef Ground Beef
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 Spring Onions
  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • To Taste Ginger
  • To Taste Scotch Bonnet Or Other Chillies
  • 2 tbsp Smoked Paprika
  • 2 tbsp Onion Powder
  • 2 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning
  • 2 tbsp Garlic Powder Or Granules
  • 2 tbsp Black Pepper
  • To Taste Thyme
  • 2 tbsp Ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Browning Sauce Optional

Instructions
 

  • Pour plain flour into a large mixing bowl and add a tablespoon each of curry powder, turmeric, baking powder and salt. Mix until evenly distributed.
  • Add cubes of butter into the mixing bowl and rub-in until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Pour half of the milk into the mixture and mix together before pouring the remaining half bit-by-bit mixing each time.
  • Use your hands to bring the dough together. Then place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, you can use this time to prepare the filling.
  • Pour the minced (grounded) beef into a large mixing bowl and add a tablespoon of smoked paprika, onion powder, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper. Mix together until evenly distributed.
  • Add oil to a pan and heat on a high heat. Fry the garlic, onions, spring onions, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet for 2 to 3 mins.
  • Add the minced beef meat into the frying pan and stir continuously, add a tablespoon of smoked paprika, onion powder, all purpose seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper. Continue to fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, ketchup and a tablespoon of browning sauce and mix until evenly distributed.
  • Leave to simmer for 5 minutes with the lid on, then continue to stir for 2 to 3 minutes breaking any clumps with the back of your wooden spoon.
  • Flour your work surface and roll out the pastry, cut out circle shapes using a bowl (or plate). Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of the beef filling to the lower centre of the pastry.
  • Make an egg wash by whisking an egg and use it to coat the edge of one half of the pastry. Fold over the pastry and press the edges together with your fingers. With a fork, dip it in flour and press down to create the authentic patty crimped edges.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 4, 350°F). Coat the pastry with an egg wash and bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Video

Notes

Scotch Bonnet is hot, please use to your taste and wash your hands after handling them.

Nutrition

Calories: 644kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 21gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 20gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 1004mgPotassium: 494mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1756IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 200mgIron: 6mg
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Comments

  1. Rob

    May 19, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    Far to much salt in the pastry otherwise really good

    Reply
    • Michelle

      May 20, 2022 at 9:46 pm

      Hi Rob, thank you for trying the recipe and giving me your feedback!

      Salt is one of those ingredients that come down to personal preference. Please feel free to adjust the salt in the pastry to your taste. Thanks again for trying the recipe. 😊

      Reply
  2. Raven

    August 10, 2022 at 3:16 am

    5 stars
    Perfect! As close to the ones I get addicted to when I lived on the east coast! Thank you. Now when I crave these I can make them.

    Reply
    • Michelle

      August 10, 2022 at 4:04 pm

      Hi Raven, thank you for leaving this comment!

      Reply
  3. Kelly

    October 1, 2022 at 1:40 am

    5 stars
    Turned out amazing! Flaky pastry and the meat filling was delicious. It was a hit

    Reply
    • Michelle

      October 1, 2022 at 6:57 pm

      Thanks Kelly!!

      Reply
  4. BJS

    November 10, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    The link for the all purpose seasoning is broken. What is all purpose seasoning?

    Reply
    • Michelle

      November 11, 2022 at 6:55 pm

      Hi BJS, all purpose seasoning is a spice blend usually containing: salt, paprika, coriander, chilli, garlic and other spices (exact ingredients vary by brand).

      Reply
  5. Ginny

    December 14, 2022 at 2:17 am

    Hi can I use a substitute for the butter? I have extremely high cholesterol and am trying to go around the amount of saturated fat. Hoping you can give me some insight. Ty!

    Reply
    • Michelle

      December 15, 2022 at 7:24 pm

      Hi Ginny, I haven’t made pastry without using butter before. Perhaps you can try this recipe with oils like avocado oil.

      Reply
      • Ginny Azizi

        December 15, 2022 at 10:51 pm

        Sounds great, will do. Thank you so much!

        Reply
  6. Megan

    December 29, 2022 at 4:24 am

    5 stars
    I made these tonight for my Jamaican boyfriend and he was obsessed!!! Said they tasted top notch! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Michelle

      December 29, 2022 at 8:11 pm

      That’s great, I’m glad he liked them Megan, thanks for trying the recipe!

      Reply
  7. Gramma B

    January 6, 2023 at 6:22 am

    After adding milk to the dry, how much do we work the pastry before chilling? I worked this only a minute or two. Next batch I’ll have your input.

    Reply
    • Michelle

      January 9, 2023 at 8:10 pm

      Hi Gramma, work the dough until it comes together. One to two minutes should be enough.

      Reply

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