Jamaican Style Patties

Ingredients

• Homemade puff pastry colored with annatto seed oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 large yellow onion - finely chopped
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper - minced
• 3 large cloves garlic - minced
• 1 1/4 cups low-sodium beef broth
• 1 1/2 tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 tbs Jamaican curry
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• Egg wash (1 large beaten egg mixed with 1/4 cup water)

Process

Brown ground beef over medium-high heat, breaking meat into small bits. When almost cooked reduce heat and add onion, pepper, and garlic. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender.

Add broth, Worcestershire, onion powder, cayenne, curry, allspice, salt, bay leaves, and thyme. Stir and reduce heat to low.  Simmer the mixture stirring and mashing.  When most of the liquid has evaporated remove from heat. Discard bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Add breadcrumbs and stir/mash thoroughly.

Preheat oven to 375F and move oven rack to the lower-middle position.  Flour your counter and rolling pin.  Roll pastry dough until thin (about 1/8 inch). Cut the dough into 6 inch circles and place 2 tablespoons of the meat filling onto half of the dough. Brush the edges of the dough with egg wash. Fold dough over the filling into a half-moon shape then press edge with a fork to seal.

Set patties on a parchment-lined baking sheet; place in oven then bake for 25 - 35 minutes (until golden brown). Let rest for at least 5 minutes and serve.