Bring the taste of the Caribbean home with this Jamaican Beef Patties recipe.
How to make homemade patty pastry with turmeric and curry powder added to give it that authentic golden colour and tasty crust.
Packed full with the best Jamaican style spicy minced beef patty filling. Cheese is optional.
Make large or mini, easy to prepare ahead of time ready to reheat. Or freeze for a tasty snack another day.
How to make Jamaican Beef Patties from scratch?
These Jamaican Beef Patties are made from scratch with lots of spices and flavour.
Follow along our step by steps to make your own Beef Patties at home.
Continue reading to find out more about Jamaican Beef Patties.
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What is a Jamaican Patty?
Jamaican patties have a flaky crusted golden pastry, filled with a tasty spicy savoury meat filling.
They originate from Jamaica, influenced by a mix of Cornish, Indian & African cuisines.
What pastry is used for Jamaican Beef Patties?
The pastry used to make Jamaican Beef Patties is really easy to make at home.
It is a basic shortcrust pastry but with the added flavouring of Curry Powder we (use Garam Masala) and Tumeric.
As a result the spices give the patty pastry a beautiful golden colour and a super taste!
How to make pastry for patties?
Patty Pastry is easy to make at home, all you will need is flour, butter, turmeric, curry powder, salt and ice-cold water.
For the best results, use cold butter cut into small cubes.
Simply add all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse together until butter has all rubbed into the flour.
Then slowly bit by bit add the ice-cold water. Pulse through the mix until it forms a large doughy ball.
Top tip, learn from my mistakes and wear gloves during the kneading process to prevent yellow fingernails!
It is especially important to work as quickly as possible now.
Do not handle the dough too much, as it will melt the butter and ruin the pastry texture.
Use your hands to knead together until it has a playdoh like texture! It is ok for it to be sticky.
Finally, cover the pastry and store in the fridge to firm up whilst you make the beef filling.
What is inside a Jamaican Patty?
In this case, our favourite thing to fill Patties with is a spicy minced beef mixture.
Of course, there are plenty of other variations. Such as chicken, vegetables, fish, goat. For an extra treat why not add some cheese to your patty?
We will (time permitted) make some other varieties to share with you too!
How to make Jamaican Beef Patty filling?
Fry onion and the red pepper (bell pepper) gently until soft, then add spring onions (scallions) and mince.
Next, add some spices, we use Garam Masala to add spice to our beef filling.
However, you can use any curry powder blend, it gives a nice warmth to the filling.
Followed, by tumeric & paprika which gives great colour as well as good health, crushed garlic & chilli for extra flavour.
Finally, we added some fresh thyme leaves and beef stock.
During simmering, it will soak up the stock, don't be tempted to add more stock.
It needs to be fairly dry to prevent making the pastry soggy!
How spicy are Jamaican Beef Patties?
You can make as spicy as you like, simply add as many or little chilli peppers as desired?
Following these instructions here will result in a medium spiced filling.
Of course, simply add less or more chilli to make it milder/stronger.
In this case, we used 1 teaspoon of Gia Chilli Puree to add a spicy kick.
This is comparable to 2 medium spiced chillies (Serrano/Birds Eye) or 1 strong (Habaneros/ Scotch Bonnet).
Furthermore, if you use fresh chillies make sure to chop them finely.
How to assemble a patty?
First, roll out the chilled pastry to about 3mm, and cut around a saucer/small plate ours was 170mm/ 6 ½ inch.
Re-roll the leftover pastry, you should make 5-6 circles.
Place the pastry circle on baking paper and add 2-3 tablespoon of beef filling in the centre.
Use your finger to dap water around the circle edge.
How to seal the pastry on patty?
Fold the pastry over the filling to line up with the other side.
Next, using a fork, crimp the edges together.
Whisk an egg with 2 tablespoons of water and brush all over the pastry.
How to make mini snack-size versions of Jamaican Beef Patties?
To make mini snack size Jamaican Beef patties, simply use a smaller plate or a cup to cut around instead.
Put less beef filling in each one and cook for 15 minutes instead of 20. Perfect for party food or snacks!
How to cook Jamaican Beef Patties?
Transfer all the prepared beef patties onto a baking tray or a couple of trays if they won't fit?
Bake the patty in a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 180°C fan/ 200°C/ 400°F / Gas Mark 6.
Do I need to put holes in patty crust?
When cooked the heat builds up inside and will make the beef patties balloon slightly as seen in my pictures. I love them like this!
If you prefer them flat simply make a small hole in the top of the pastry before putting in the oven.
Jamaican Beef Patties are best served warm straight from the oven.
What to serve with Jamaican Beef Patties?
No need to serve with anything, they are great by themselves. Another great Jamaican recipe to serve them with is our rice and pea and fried ripe plantain.
Also great with rice salad, coleslaw, shredded red cabbage, corn on the cob, Spicy Potato Wedges or air fried chips.
How to pre-make Jamacian Patty ahead of time?
If you want to make them ahead of time, cook them all off and follow the information below to reheat when you want them.
Storing cooked Jamaican Patties?
Any leftover Patties can be stored in the fridge for 2 days or in the freezer for 2 months.
How to reheat a Jamaican Beef Patty?
From chilled reheat in a preheated oven at 180°C fan/ 200°C/ 400°F / Gas Mark 6 for 10-15 minutes.
Or microwave for about 2 minutes, until piping hot inside.
From frozen reheat in a preheated oven at 180°C fan/ 200°C/ 400°F / Gas Mark 6 for 20-25 minutes.
Or defrost first and follow the from chilled advice above.
📖 Step by Step Recipe
Jamaican Beef Patties
Ingredients
Pastry Ingredients
- 250 grams (2 cups) Plain Flour (All Purpose)
- 115 grams (½ cup) Unsalted Butter
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala substitute with any blend of curry powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 120 ml (½ cup) Ice Cold Water
Beef Filling
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
- 1 Onion Finely Chopped
- 1 Red Pepper (bell pepper) Finely Chopped
- 3 Spring Onions (scallions) Finely Chopped
- 500 grams (1.2lb) Beef mince
- 1 teaspoon Gia Garlic Puree 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon Gia Chilli Puree 2 medium chillies (Jalepeno/Serrano) or 1 hot chilli (Habanero/Scotch Bonnet)
- 2 teaspoon Garam Masala substitute with any blend of curry powder
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme substitute ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 190 ml Stock we used 1 beef stock cube
- Grated Cheese (optional) to add to filling
Glaze
- 1 Egg
- 2 tablespoon Water
Instructions
Pastry
- Put all Pastry ingredients (except the water) in a food processor and tap the pulse button to slowly incorporate the butter into the flour. If doing by hand rub butter into flour until it represents fine breadcrumbs, try to work as quick as possible to avoid butter melting250 grams (2 cups) Plain Flour (All Purpose), 115 grams (½ cup) Unsalted Butter, 1 teaspoon Turmeric, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
- Add ice-cold water bit by bit and knead with hands into the dough until it forms a playdoh like texture. (you may need a little less/more water than stated above) Try not to handle to much.120 ml (½ cup) Ice Cold Water
- Place pastry covered in the fridge whilst you create the beef filling.
Beef mince patty filling
- Heat oil in pan and add onions and red peppers sautee for 5 minutes until soft, add spring onions.1 tablespoon Vegetable oil, 1 Onion, 1 Red Pepper (bell pepper), 3 Spring Onions (scallions)
- Add mince, garlic, chilli, paprika, garam masala, turmeric and salt. Stir through until mince has browned1 teaspoon Salt, 500 grams (1.2lb) Beef mince, 1 teaspoon Gia Garlic Puree, 1 teaspoon Gia Chilli Puree, 2 teaspoon Garam Masala, 1 teaspoon Paprika, 1 teaspoon Turmeric, 1 teaspoon Salt
- Finally add dried/fresh thyme and stock. Place lid on and leave to simmer for 15 minutes whilst you cut out pastry.190 ml Stock, 1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme
Create Patties
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan/ 200°C/ 400°F / Gas Mark 6.Remove pastry from fridge, flour surface and roll out very thin.
- Use a saucer/small plate (about 17cm diameter) to cut around the pastry. Re-roll remaining pastry until all used up, you should have 5-6 circles. Or you could use smaller plates and create smaller patties?!
- Now put rolled out circles on to there own bit of parchment paper and add 2-3 tablespoon of beef mixture in the middleGrated Cheese (optional)
- Use finger to dap the outer circle with water
- Fold pastry over the mince and use a fork to crimp the edges together
- Whisk egg with water and brush on pastry to glaze. For a flat pastry fork a hole in the top. For a puffed-up pastry (as I like them) leave out the hole!1 Egg, 2 tablespoon Water
- Place all completed patties on to a tray (or two) and cook in the 180°C fan/ 200°C/ 400°F / Gas Mark 6 oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Caribbean Recipe Ideas
Hope you enjoy these Jamaican beef patties as much as we do, try our Jamaican ackee and saltfish and rice and peas make a fantastic flavoursome Jamaican side dish.
Please leave us a comment and let us know how you got on?
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Felicia McNiff
You can use a corn tortilla press for the dough 8nstead of rolling and re rolling. Turns out great
Luke and Kay
Thank you for sharing this fantastic idea! Using a corn tortilla press to handle the dough does sound like a great way to save time and ensure a consistent thickness. We appreciate your input and will certainly consider this method in our future recipes. Thanks again!
Jessika Muir
I'm mostly curious about the pepper substitution. I can't get the puree locally so do I substitute 2 whole jalapeños or 1 habenero in place of a tsp of the puree. Or do I puree the pepper myself and only use a tsp. Also what about seeds, include them ? Don't?
Thanks !!!!
Luke and Kay
Thanks for the question Jessika
The choice of chilli pepper and whether to include seeds largely depends on your personal heat tolerance. If you prefer a milder flavor, using 2 jalapeños with seeds removed would be a good option. On the other hand, if you enjoy spicier dishes, you can use a quarter of a habanero pepper, but keep in mind that they are significantly hotter than jalapeños.
Instead of making a puree, you can finely chop the chosen pepper and use it as a substitute for the Chilli puree. This will still provide the desired heat and flavor to your dish. Remember to adjust the amount of chopped chilli pepper according to your taste and heat preference.
Hope you enjoy the recipe and please let us know how it goes 🙂
Kingy
I make these weekly, my family love them. A little tip for anyone like myself who struggles to keep the pastry shape round when lifting onto the paper. I divide the dough up and roll on separate sheets of parchment. Once cut and filled I use the corners of the paper to lift and fold the pastry!
Luke and Kay
Thank you so much for the generous five-star rating and your excellent advice, Kingy! We are delighted to learn that our Jamaican Beef Patties are so popular with your family that you make them multiple times a week. It is also very helpful to have your tip related to using parchment paper when rolling out the dough – this sounds like a great way to get perfectly round patties! 🙂
Yvonne
I've made these so many times and they are absolutely delicious and the pastry is on another level, yummy. They remind me of our time in Jamaica. .
Luke and Kay
Yvonne, we are so thrilled that you enjoyed our Jamaican Beef Patties! We are glad to hear our recipe reminded you of your time in Jamaica and that they satisfy your taste buds. It is always a pleasure to make something that encourages happy memories. Thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful review with us. 🙂
Marin
Do I have to use curry powder? I don't have Jamaican curry powder near me; Is it okay just to use turmeric for the yellow coloring? Thank you
Luke and Kay
Hi Marin
No, you do not have to use curry powder, and yes you can just use turmeric for the yellow colouring of the pastry 🙂
Hope you enjoy the recipe; let us know how it goes.
Maya
I'm shocked! They came out so well! It's my first time making a pastry and honestly I thought it'd fail😅. Shows just how good the recipe is and easy to follow!!
Luke and Kay
Maya, thank you so much for leaving us a review! We are thrilled to hear that the recipe was easy to follow and that your Jamaican Beef Patties came out great. It's fantastic hearing stories of people succeeding in baking with our recipes. A scrumptious batch of patties is such a great accomplishment! 🙂
Tracey
I tried this recipe and is now a regular request from family and friends. It’s delicious and authentic 10/10 👌
Luke and Kay
Thanks for the high praise, Tracey! We are so honoured that you made our Jamaican Beef Patties your go-to recipe when it's time to impress your friends and family. It sounds like our traditional and authentic flavours have earned a place in your kitchen. 🙂
Barb
Best beef paties every time ❤️
Luke and Kay
Thank you so much for loving our Jamaican beef patty recipe, Barb! We truly appreciate your review and are so pleased that our recipe has achieved the level of deliciousness you've come to expect. 🙂
KingTheCharmer
This recipe was by far the easiest one that I encountered. It was easy to follow, had to make them gluten free but didn't miss a beat. Made a tweak to it, instead of using water I used milk, but this was it. Shell!!!! Look forward to trying other recipes.
Luke and Kay
Thank you for trying our Jamaican Beef Patties recipe, I'm glad you found it easy to follow and that you were able to make it gluten-free. I'm also happy to hear that you enjoyed it and that you will be trying other recipes. Thank you for your support! 🙂
David Heron
Nice but the pastry is not flaky enough.
Terrymore McBean
Delicious!!
Kay
Thank you for trying our Jamaican Beef Patties; they are definitely a fan favourite! We're so happy to hear that you enjoyed them. 🙂
ROB Grabko
Not an easy recipe in terms of time. Perhaps I screwed up by making the dough the night before.I Planned on tripling the recipe but only ended up with 12 which was fine after filling these. I also ended up cutting the discs before cooking rolling and rerolling to get the right number of discs was a pain in the a** Just Like somebody else stated the beef stock didn't evaporate on simmer. Made way more beef mixture then necessary. Believe i could have used almost half of what recipe called for. Ended up putting quarter cup into each with cheese . They taste ok but not like the golden crust ones like I was hoping for. -Rob
Kay
Hi Rob, thanks for trying out our Jamaican beef patties recipe. We're sorry to hear that it was a bit of a challenge to follow and that the end result wasn't quite what you were hoping for. Thanks for telling us about what went wrong.
It's easier to work with smaller batches of pastry, so the doubling up may have caused a slight problem. We like to add as much filling as possible to ensure each pastry is deliciously filled! You may need some extra time when doubling the recipe so that any added liquids in the beef filling have a full chance to evaporate.
Hope this helps Rob, Enjoy 🙂
Melanie
which supermarkets stock these?
Kay
Thanks for the question, Melanie
You cant buy these from the supermarket, as they are homemade, but you can get all the ingredients from your local supermarket if you would like to make them using the recipe card on this page 🙂
Hope you enjoy the recipe
Kelly
Wasn’t sure about the beef cube? Had bouillon but didn’t use it. Directions weren’t specific. I left it out for fear of it being to runny. Recipe turned out great. The perfect amount of spice 👍
Luke
Thanks for trying our Jamaican beef patties, Kelly! I'm glad to hear the recipe turned out great 🙂
If you like Caribbean recipes you will like our Ackee and Saltfish its awesome 😉
Daniela
Keep coming back to this recipe
Kay
Thank you for your loyalty to our Jamaican Beef Patties recipe, Daniela! It's great to hear that you enjoy it and come back to it often 🙂
If you enjoy caribean cusine you might like our Ackee and Saltfish its superb 😉
sharon
I will try this very soon. thanks
Kay
Thank you, Sharon 🙂
I hope you enjoy our recipe; let us know your thoughts.
Teresa
These turned out so good with such great flavour. We needed to make them gluten free so I switched the flour for a gluten free 1-1 flour mix and made sure to weigh the flour. I was not sure how they would turn out but they were great. We will for sure be making them again! Thanks for the great recipe.
Kay
You're welcome! I'm so glad you liked the Jamaican beef patties recipe.
If you like caribbean food you might like our Ackee and Saltfish its delicious 😉
Rafique Rahman
Rubbish recipe nothing like.a real patty. Garam masala is nit spicy whatsoever . And cheese is just wrong. Stick to Cornish pasty’s mate
Kay
Rafique, I'm sorry to hear you don't like our Jamaican beef patty recipe, so I'm assuming you made the recipe and must have liked it a bit, considering you gave us a five* rating 🙂
If the Garam masala isn't spicy enough for you, add more chillies to the recipe, and we said cheese could be an option; if you don't want cheese, don't use cheese!!
Again thanks for rating 😉
Sophie
I often tweak a recipe after I try it for the first time. There will be no tweaking this one. It’s perfect just the way it is. Can’t wait for my family to try them
Kay
Thank you, Sophie, for the comment and rating 🙂
Glad you thought our Jamaican beef patties were perfect, and you did no tweaking of this recipe; I hope your family loved our recipe?
If you like caribean food you might like our Ackee and Saltfish or Rice and Peas - Jamaican Side Dish they are delious 😉
Tom
Traditionally, there are no bell peppers in the filling for authentic Jamaican patties. Also the crust is made with beef suet or shortening, not butter. These are more “Jamaican inspired “ rather than Jamaican.
Kay
Thank you for your feedback; we appreciate you taking the time to comment on our recipe. We aimed to create a Jamaican beef patty that tasted similar to what we had during our travels in Jamaica, using ingredients from the UK and US. We don't claim this as an authentic traditional Jamaican dish. We hope you'll enjoy our recipe as much as we do!
Phil
Excellent recipe I added a touch of mace and a pinch of cinnamom it really rounded out the flavor profile
Kay
Thank you, Phil, for the comment 🙂
Glad you liked our Jamaican beef pattie recipe; adding a pinch of mace and cinnamon sounds good will have to give that try in the future 😉
Holly
Just made this recipe and can confirm it is a good one! I have never eaten a Jamaican patties before so cannot comment on authenticity but tasted great to me. Only thing is maybe my plate was too big as I only could make four. During baking each one split too so I'll work on sealing better next time. Will bookmark this recipe and make again in the future. Will also double recipe so I can freeze some. Thanks for sharing this super recipe.
Kay
Hi Holly,
Glad the Jamaican patties were tasty for you.
You can use any size plate you want to adjust the size finished patties to the size you want!
To stop them splitting, you can add a little hole before cooking on top to help prevent this, so the air can escape. But I like them when they puff up slightly during cooking!
Camille
Best pastry recipe ever and I have tried a few. I actually used chicken breast and diced it up super fine. 🇯🇲
Kay
Thank you so much, Camille, for the comment and rating it's really appreciated 🙂
So glad the pastry is the best recipe you have tried, we love our beef patties
We will have to try these patties with diced chicken sounds delicious 😉
Gilbert
After ready all these positive reviews I felt confident to make this recipe but they turned out terrible. I literally spend half the whole afternoon making this. The filling bursted out of the pastry dough during the baking, I wish I could upload the pictures and share with you. And just in case your wondering I did follow the recipe the step by step. I’ve given this recipe 3 star because the only that did come out decent was the filling.
Luke
Hi
I'm so sad to hear the pastry didn't come out well for you?
As you mentioned we have many great reviews here and we have seen pictures of many fantastic results from other people on Pinterest that can be seen here and also been tagged in pictures on Instagram, so I am not sure what has happened for you?
If the filling was bursting out I would think that maybe they were overfilled? Or perhaps the pastry was not cold enough / filling too hot when put in?
The pastry should be chilled in before the filling goes in, maybe I have not made that clear enough in the recipe card.
There is the option of adding a hole before baking so they are a little flatter, but I like the puffed-up look!
I hope some of these suggestions will help if you do try again?
Kay
Sarah
Great recipe! I tweaked the seasoning for the meat based on what I had on hand (and used ground turkey instead of beef) but made the pastry dough the same. My meat didn't absorb all the liquid, even using less than recommended, but even so, there was no sogginess. Will definitely make again! Yum!
Kay
Thank you so much Sarah for that great comment and rating 🙂
So pleased to hear you liked our beef patties, these are one of our favourites, we will have to give it a try with turkey and let you know how it goes.
Enjoy!!
Jan Dudley
Have made these twice now and both times they turned out perfectly So delicious and really easy to make.I have passed on the recipe to my daughter too .I'm going to make the mini ones for Christmas.Such beautiful tasting pasty Thankyou both xx
Kay
Hi Jan
Thank you so much for that lovely comment 🙂
So nice to hear great feedback on our Jamaican beef patties, I hope they go down a treat for your family at Christmas 😉
Enjoy!!
Maiyana
Hi Jan, we think alike i have just made some for the family on Christmas
Marie georgiou
Just finished making these for the family, they were absolutely delicious, the best ones I’ve ever tasted, will double the recipe next time. Thank you so much for sharing
Kay
Thank you so much Marie for that great comment 🙂
So pleased to hear you enjoyed our Jamaican beef patties and your gonna make more in the future
Enjoy!!
Shaun McGowan
These patties were exactly as I remember buying 20 years ago! Packed full of flavour, and just the right texture.
Delicious!!
Luke
Thanks, Shaun for the comment and rating, its really appreciated 🙂
Glad our Jamaican beef pattie recipe could bring back some good memories for you 😉
Honeybabe30
Love this recipe very tasty thank you for sharing this recipe. 🙂
Kay
Our Pleasure, really glad you like the beef patties 🙂
Lucia Fedorchuk
Really great recipe.
Thanks cant wait to try more of your recipes.
Kay
Thanks, Lucia, for the comment and rating 🙂
Really glad you liked our beef patties recipe and hope you enjoy our other recipes!
Danielle Wolter
I am just in love with the flavors in this! I had to leave the scotch bonnets out because they are too much for the boyfriend, but it was still ultra delicious!
Jacqueline Meldrum
That pastry looks amazing. It's such a gorgeous colour!
Beth
These are amazing and so delicious! I was nervous to make these but they turned out so yummy! Can’t wait to make these again soon!
Kay
Thanks, Beth for the comment and rating 🙂
So glad you like the Jamaican beef patties recipe!!
Enjoy in the future 😉
Shinta Simon
Thank you for this brilliant recipe! All your tips and photos are so helpful. My son loves the beef patties we get at our local supermarket, and I think he would love these as well!
Kay
Thanks, Shinta
Really glad you like the recipe, hope your son enjoys our recipe 🙂
Dannii
I ate so many of these when we were in Jamaica. I am definitely going to have to try making them myself.
Kay
Thanks, Dannii
Hope you enjoy our beef patties recipe, let us know how you get on?
Me
Salivating just reading this. Thank you 😊🙏🏾
Kay
Thank you for the comment, hope you enjoy the patties 🙂
flora.coleman@hotmail.com
the same here hahahaha
Dorothy Whittenburg
This recipe turned out perfectly which isn't always the case in food blogs. Tastes very authentic, flavor balanced, and easy to make. I added toasted cumin because I like that flavor but it's a balanced recipe without it and I've eaten a lot of these patties all over the Caribbean.
Luke
Thanks for the comment and rating Dorothy
Really glad you liked our beef pattie recipe, it's always nice to hear great feedback 🙂
Jill
So much flavor in these patties. They look absolutely perfect!
Dolly @ Little Home in the Making
My mom always made me Jamaican patties for dinner when I was young, but they were of the frozen variety! I totally need to try making these on my own! The recipe sounds easy enough to try.
Claudia Lamascolo
these sound and look absolutely delicious love those flavors!
Charla
As a Jamaican who knows all about patties and grew up on them. These are very look superb and close to how they are made. You did your homework on this recipe, well done! I am very very impressed!
Kay
Hi Charla
Thank you for the kind words, and coming from a Jamaican saying you was impressed with our patties, is brilliant for us and put a big smile on our faces 🙂
If you do make this recipe, Let us know your thoughts and Enjoy!!
Dannii
I ate so many of these when I was in Jamaica. I really need to try making them myself - they look pretty easy.
Kay
Hi Dannii
Enjoy the patties and thank you for the rating/comment 🙂
E
I've never given a recipe a full mark. And I've never commented on one either, but this is out of this world. Thank you so much for sharing. This definitely brought me to Jamaica without leaving home.
Luke
Thank you so much for the nice comment, and glad we are your first 🙂
It's brilliant you liked the patties and gives you Caribbean Holiday feeling 😉
Mandy
What a fabulous recipe- love the pictures and easy instructions- very helpful indeed. Can’t wait to try my patties for dinner!! So pleased with the results and they smelt amazing whilst baking. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Luke
Hi Mandy
Thanks for the comment, hope you liked the patties, these are our favourite, and you are right they smell soooooo gooooood when they are baking in the oven 🙂
Mandy
They were so delicious and have made them a few more times since 😋.
Kay
Thank you, Mandy, for that great comment and rating, it really is appreciated 🙂
So glad you like the recipe and your still making more patties!!
Enjoy;)
Sharon
MmmmmMmmmm! Love! And thanks for the tip about wearing gloves when you make the dough - you save my french manicure. 😉
Megan Stevens
We loved how the butter pastry looked and tasted, so special with the spices in it! Plus, easy to work with. Thank you for all the process photos which just make the whole process that much less stressful and more fun!
Cara
Another great recipe, thank you for sharing the helpful instructions with pictures. I love how the addition of these spices in the dough creates such a vibrant color to match the delicious flavor!
Bozena
Absolutely delicious, all family was happy! A great recipe: very well written, good instructions and tips. Thank you!
Dele Wason
You guys must be Jamaican as this recipe is so delicious. Thank yo so much about to make my second batch
Norbert
I love Jamaican patties. Since eating them from a food stall in Lewisham in SE London. First time I made pastry. My wife a bit of a pastry connossuer was very impressed. Easy to follow receipe and delicious. Thank you so much
Kay
Fantastic, so glad you enjoyed them and found the recipe easy to follow!
Sue
Very tasty. Thanks for the recipe.
As the beef I'd bought was in a 400g pack, I very carefully reduced all the other ingredients by 20%.
As per instructions, by rolling the pastry very thinly, (2mm) I managed to get the four 18cm discs plus seven using a 9cm cutter. Each of the larger discs received 70 grammes of filling, whilst the minis had 20 grammes each. Even so, I still had 60 grammes of filling left over! So, in a way, bonus, they are even cheaper per pattie. Conversely, I don't understand how on earth you managed to fit all that filling into so few pasties? Mine were really full to bursting! Surely the size of "one" onion, (I used 100g) and "one" bell pepper (I used 80g) couldn't have made that much difference?
However, very tasty recipe, enjoyed by all who tried it. Will definitely be doing it again.
The mini patties are a perfect size for snacklet or party food.
I worked out that my patties are only 420kcals each (very thinly rolled pastry), for the larger ones and a mere 120kcals for the smaller size.
Kay
Fantastic, glad you found the recipe as tasty as we did. Where we make everything from scratch we do a lot of taste testing along the way! We must have eaten a fair bit during the process! It was delicious though!
Chef Dennis
your Jamaican beef patties look ah-mazing! I can't wait to give your recipe a try
Mama Maggie's Kitchen
Mmm... I think I just heard my tummy growl. lol. Thank you for making me hungry!
Emily Flint
The spices in these beef patties sound so delicious, I can't wait to try them!
Rintys Home Cooking
I made these in school today for black history month the kids loved them.
thank you xx
Ibukun
Made these today and it was delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Kathy
Brilliant recipe easy to make and delicious definately 5 *
Amelia
Delicious!!
Pavani
Wow, these are such flavorful and delicious Jamaican patties. Love that the crust is just as yummy as the filling. They are perfectly made - I would love to give this recipe a try soon.
Natalie
That looks amazing. I love how you spiced the pastry as well as the filling. So so delicious! I must give this a try.
Kay
Thank you, hope you get to try soon?
Erika
These patties are delicious! I love the step-by-step photos on how to make a pastry. I also love the addition of turmeric to the beef mixture too!
Karen
This was one of my favorite dishes when I visited Jamaica years ago - thanks for the recipe!
Nana @Blogginggirly
Oooooh we have this in my country. But we call it meat pie. I really love it. You can eat it with thick fresh and cold yogurt. You will love it
Kay
Never tried with yoghurt before I bet its lovely! I will try it out 🙂
Tamara
These sound delicious! I just submitted my grocery order so I can make these next week!
Gillian Ratford
These look amazing
Kay
Thanks, they are, hope you get to try them?