Beef patties recipe

Ingredients - pastry
Patties - Pastry Ingredients 1lb flour
1/2 cup ice cold water
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 tsp salt
1 Teaspoon of baking powder
1 Teaspoon of curry powder medium hot
1 Teaspoon on turmeric or 1 drop of annotto
Ingredients - filling
Patties - Filling Ingredients 1lb ground beef
1 medium onion
4 scallion (or 1 more medium onion)
2 stalks fresh thyme or 2 tsps ground thyme
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 scotch bonnet pepper (or 1 tbsp curry powder / chilli sauce)
2 cloves garlic
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Preparation - pastry
Patties - Seiving Flour Sieve flour
Adding baking powder, curry powder, salt and tumeric Stir in baking powder, cur
ry powder, salt and turmeric
Adding butter and shortening Work the butter and shortening in with fingertips
until mixture resembles breadcrumbs
Adding water Slowly drizzle in the water until the mixture has a dough-like con
sistency (it should only be slightly sticky)
Rolling in to a ball and putting in the fridge Roll the dough in to a ball
Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hour
Preparation - filling
Patties - Cutting onion and scallion Cut onion + scallion in to fine pieces
Frying onion and scallion Fry gently - so they do not quite get time to brown
Adding meat, thyme, garlic, peppers, salt, pepper, paprika, sugar and nutmeg Add
meat, thyme, garlic, peppers (finely chopped), salt, pepper, paprika, sugar and
nutmeg
Frying Fry until mixture is fairly dry, drain off excess fat if necessary
Adding breadcrumbs and water Add water and breadcrumbs, cook until the mixture h
as a thick, saucy texture
Combining the pastry and filling
Rolling the pastry Roll the pastry on a floured board until it is about 1/8 of a
n inch thick
Cutting circles Cut as many circles (about the size of a saucer) out of the doug
h as you can.
Adding filling Place 1 tablespoon of the filling on one side of each pastry circ
le
Moistening, folding and crimping Moisten the edges of each patty with water and
fold pastry over to make a crescent shape
Seal the edge of each patty by crimping with a fork
Cooking
Patties - Cooking Preheat oven to 375 deg f, 200 C or gas mark 6
Place patties on aluminium foil
Cook for 35 minutes (or until golden brown)
Serving
Patties - On their own Serve patties hot or cold. Either on their own or wrapped
in coco-bread.