How To Make Jamaican Beef Patties

are you ready that's why you want to hear you want to hear that sizzle you want to hear the vegetables hit the hot pan oh my god you smell that that scotch bonnet mama [Music] hi everyone my name is chef andrew falz and today we will be making the greatest street food in the world guess what it is jamaican beef patty it's a classic jamaican street food like a jamaican version of a empanada or a turnover you have your b filling and you have your pastry crust first thing for your filling you have to get beautiful ingredients anyone that knows jamaican cuisine is really staring at that guy right here scotch bonnet right so let's start get into it jamaican cuisine is all about bold flavors really really bold flavors we like it spiced up not not say heat but it's really deep depth of flavor so a cool trick to peel your ginger is let's use a spoon peel it off it doesn't really have to be perfect just want to get most of that skin off get your onion ready then your ginger green onions are we call it scallions a little bit of fresh thyme and then my favorite the scotch bonnet if you can't find scotch bonnet you can do habaneros which will give you similar heat but not so much as a flavor because scotch bonnet has a very unique fruity forward flavor to it we call it country pepper that's a bit of jamaican accent for you honey see that i wish you could smell it i love my patty it's not super spicy where it's burning your mouth you want to really taste the beef people like it really hot but for me i like it in a mild region where you know you're really enjoying it garlic so we'll get a food processor onion goes in ginger scallion thyme and garlic you want it slightly chunky because you wanted this to cook and blend with the beef so while you're doing that oh my god you know like no joke this smells amazing this is just like this is like i'm i'm getting very emotional cooking this right now right this will bring back memories of my kitchen so let's season up with some paprika and of course the all spice so this will definitely add that jamaican authentic flavor to it onion powder and garlic powder it does give you a unique flavor when you have the fresh and pretty much a dehydrated powdered form i like it that way and that's why we do it in jamaica as well in jamaica a lot of people don't really make patties at home because it takes a lot of time but my grandmother was such an amazing cook you know she always wanted to make everything from scratch so even as young as four or five i'll make like fresh patties going to school we used to purchase a lot of paddies for lunch you know says like the quintessential street food that's just it's like every day you can eat it for breakfast lunch or dinner this filling as you can see it resembles like a jerk kind of a consistency with how dark it looks this is just like a flavor bomb right here this can be used for anything at all so you can mine us the beef you can do tofu you can do callaloo that we do a lot of calories in jamaica you can do whatever seasonal vegetables that's there you want to get your pan up to like medium high heat not too hot because you don't want to burn your vegetables hit it with a little bit of oil so you want to saute your vegetables that takes like two or three minutes just to get those flavors going and then you want to get amazing fresh beef that is 85 percent lean versus 15 of fat you just want to gently bring this up so it cooks with the seasoning and there's garlic in it and the worst thing is to have burnt garlic in your patty every time when i make my trip back to jamaica the first thing i need is a beef patty with cheese that's my go-to when it comes to patty there's a competition like everyone has a favorite patty restaurant there's like maybe three or four major patty restaurants in jamaica you have tasty patty you have mothers juicy beef and those are the three giants when it comes to the jamaican patty chain and for me mother's cheese patty is my favorite because the crust is so light and flaky the filling is always hot and gooey and then the cheese ah stop stop talking about that i'm getting hungry let's make some patties while it's cooking now we're gonna start season up a bit of salt some black pepper so this is called browning and pretty much just caramelized sugar in in in any west indian kitchen that you go to and we typically use this ingredient to give it that caramelized color that you see then we're going to add some bread crumbs right because right when we add um the stock so the bread comes with um would act as a sponge to like suck all that moisture up and emulsify into the beef so it's not too wet it's not too dry so it's like silky gooey just like it's just delicious one of my secret ingredient is gelatin a lot of people that say oh gelatin that's very unheard of but it's not actually because if you think about where we get gelatin from it's from the calves it's from the muscles of beef of cow so it's it ties in back to we're using beef right so while you're feeling is simmering it's on to step two you got to get your pastry and don't be afraid of the pastry right so you have your flour so add some salt baking powder and of course sugar filling is nice and spicy you want to balance the crust with a touch of sweetness turmeric powder and a touch of curry powder a lot of people tend to use on a turmeric powder but i like the flavor of the curry powder as well and this is what we use to give it the natural color so once you get all your dry ingredients thoroughly mixed in you're gonna start to make it more exciting by adding all your fats to it shorten it so it's nice and cold and you want to use the fart to to break the fat into the floor if you use your fingers at this point um your fingers have a lot of heat you'll melt the fat too quickly so this is the key this is called beef suet or beef sweet if you don't know what it is don't be afraid of it this is pretty much uh beef fat this gives you incredible texture and especially when it's really cold you see that all right this is where you get to get personal gently use your fingertips to break the fat into smaller chunks into the flour the flour smells amazing because of the curry powder color is really important to you to jamaican beef patty it has to have that signature yellow color and a lot of people tend to use the food coloring which is fine it's same it's the same color but why is it food coloring when you can use spices that have extra flavor all right so you have your dry then we're gonna do the wet so one egg ice cold water a little bit of white distilled vinegar it fights away the gluten from getting all tight [Music] immediately you see that quick pop of yellow back with the hands and do not squish on the dough because you don't want to break the fat too much into the flour and then if you want to do that zoom in all that chunks of fat that's why you that's what you want and we're going to put it in the fridge for like 30 minutes just to relax your dough has been sitting for 30 minutes and as you can see it's nice and firm and then of course our filling it's finished simmering and as you can see look at that texture right just listen listen let's listen to that flavor and then taste test um we're not allowed to double the power so what i've gotten it up so that's on to the dough you want to portion this into smaller balls roughly around four or five ounces per patty you want to fold your dough onto itself because once you fold the fat in between the layers of the flour you create that pocket where the fat is trapped and once you bake it it expands and create a multiple layer party was born through a cornish pasty that's like a traditional english meat pie when the british came to jamaica to colonize jamaica they brought over a lot of traditions paris was one of those things that we took from the english and we made it our own that's all we got our jamaican patty and then it is now the most famous beloved street food in jamaica if not the caribbean or the well i say the world but i i'm kind of biased excellent so we're almost there so our dough as you can see beautiful color thanks to the turmeric and the color powder and i can see the chunks of fat lining through the dough so that's where you're gonna get your perfect flakes from and it's nice and thin not not so much that it's gonna break or fall apart crimp the edges and you're feeling again amazing so it's nice and chill so you want to keep it closer towards you so when you fold it over it gives you that perfect pocket pinch your edges boom boom boom your patty they're ready to go so you have to bait them in a preheated oven at 375 for like 20 25 minutes our patties are done just want to break into that so you can see that beautiful filling all right ooh it's falling out you can see it's crispy you can see that flake that crust all right look at that [Music] it's still hot it's still so good all right get a crunch wow in jamaica we use the processed cheese that gives you a really creamy gooey quintessential cheeseburger feel that's my favorite patty beef batter with cheese amazing as you can see the cheese is all melted the crust is so flaky it's actually falling apart in my hands [Music] so guys if you want to try this amazing recipe click the link in the description below and follow step by step procedures and we'll have amazing jamaican beef patty and go let's go do it

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Id: eUPYFt52FBE

Length: 10min 44sec (644 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 09 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/ShadowShadowed]

"You smell that?"

I wish bro.

[u/DashingMustashing]

Jamaican me hungry

[u/TonyHxC]

Jamaican Patties are fucking delicious.

[u/stevennoo]

His accent grew stronger throughout the video lul

[u/DrJimBones]

Don't forget the coco bread Edit: Thanks for the gold!

[u/similarityhedgehog]

there's no cheese in a patty.

[u/[deleted]]

'Woo, you smell that?'

Nope.

[u/darthbone]

What's incredible about food is it's one of the most connective attributes of humanity.

We can make this, and we'll be eating something from another culture, another country.

We've let them share part of their heart with us, and all we had to do was look for it. And that's all because of food.

And I bet if you eat this, regardless of where you're from, there's something about it that will be new, but also something about it that will remind you of something familiar.

That's a feeling that, I think, few other things can accomplish.

[u/iamkokonutz]

Kinda ashamed to admit it, but I've only ever eaten the 7-11 Jamaican Beef Patties. The spicy ones. Gotta say, they are delicious. I actually have no idea where to find "good" Jamaican Beef Patties in my city and after watching this, I should probably figure it out.

(I'm not one who cooks)