Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2007

Beef patties are one of my favorite Jamaican dishes. I found the recipe relatively easy to make and my husband loved them! To mimic some of my previous experiences eating them I added a small amount of peas and shredded carrots to the beef filling. I felt that it added a little something.

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Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2007

I made the filling as written. To save time, I used rolled-out refrigerator biscuits as the crust. I brushed them with egg before baking. They were really tasty. I'll make them again, maybe adding some peas or a few other spices to jazz up the filling.

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Heidi in Madison

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2007

Maybe I did it wrong but it was way too dry. The flavor was good but just needed an extra little something to make it not so dry.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2007

This recipe was wonderful. I cheated and use pie crust. I will follow the recipe next time. :)

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Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2007

We love this recipe! It is a little on the time consuming side and it makes a big mess in the kitchen. But it is totally worth it. We followed one reviewer's suggestion to use 3/4 cup cold butter rather than the shortening and margarine and 2/3 cup water in the dough. It did solve the dryness problem, but the dough was a bit too sticky. We will probably cut the butter back by 2 tbs and use 1/2 cup water next time. I also added red pepper instead of black pepper. This is definitely one of may favorite meals.

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Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2007

This recipe was great, and my husband LOVED! I gave it 4 stars because the crust was difficult to make and kept cracking even though I followed the directions as they were written. I will make this again, but may use store bought pie crust.

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AMBEREP

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Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2007

Unbelieveably delicious. Takes boring ground beef to a new level of taste. Spot On!

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RandySweet

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2007

Yummy this recipe was delicious. I didn't have any curry so I used cajun seasoning and omitted the salt. My crust was a little crispier than I would like them... but other than that they were great!

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Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2007

These were delicious. I froze them and gave my friend and her husband each one to try and they loved them. They have visited Jamaica and said these were better than what they ate there. My friend asked me to make these only in appetizer sizes for her party this weekend.

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Maria

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2007

I have rated this recipe before and only gave it 4 stars. However, I tried the recipe again with a few changes and I just had to go back and give it 5 stars! I used prepackaged pie crust instead of making the crust in the recipe. I sprinkled some curry on the crust too. I also added some extra water and hot peppers to the filling. So yummy and just like in Jamaica.

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Allison H.

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2007

This made the perfect meal! The dough came out just right. I made them a little bigger than what the recipe calls for and my husband loved them.

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LeahDerks

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Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2007

Overall, this is a great recipe, but next time I'll decrease the meat by 1/2 pound or double the pastry. I read other reviews stating that this is time consuming...anything that requires you to make your own pastry or dough will! I felt for a beef patty that this was quite bland so I would kikc up the spices much more.

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Wendy Martin

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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2007

These were fantastic! Not a fast recipe, but definitely worth the effort. My one suggestion would be to double the amount of dough, because I halved the meat recipe and still had to use the full 2 cups of flour, etc. This made about 8 patties. Also, I substituted ground turkey, added a bit more curry powder and some paprika. And if you want traditionally spicey patties, I'd suggest a dash of cayenne. I also added a some raisins to the filling (mix 'n' match with empanadas), which added a nice sweet contrast to the spices. All in all, the filling is very savory, and the pastry shell is flakey and crunchy. I will definitely be making this again!

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Nicki

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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2007

It was good, the flavors were too strong for my family, so I think I'll adjust them to something more traditional. Loved the crust and the pick it up without it falling apart. I think you could stuff it with just about anything and it would be a nice snack.

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Traci

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Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2007

Never had nor made Jamaican patties but they came out really good!! Leftovers were gone quick!! Only gave it four stars because it wasnt 'the best!' but will make this often and add more to it!

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Kreativess

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Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2007

At first I was kinda scared with this recipe because I invited some friends over for lunch but they all said they liked it especially my husband. I enjoyed them also. I didn't flavor the flour and I did add more beef broth. They were very tastey I should've added some spices though. Thanks for sharing.

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teiana

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2007

This recipe is wonderful! To compensate for the reported dryness, I increased beef broth to 3/4 cup. Also added a bit of crushed red pepper and paprika. I found that the recipe made more meat mixture than necessary to fill the crusts, so next time I'll multiply the crust recipe by 1.5 and make 15 patties. I took two in to work and within 15 minutes I had requests to buy seventy from me at $1 a piece. The native New Yorkers go nuts over these things.

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2007

my husband loved these...he said they tasted better than the freezer variety

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Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2007

I've made Jamaican beef patties a couple of times and like this recipe the best so far. I used butter instead of margerine and I didn't have any bread crumbs, so I substituted crushed saltine crackers and used just a tad less salt in the recipe. I didn't experience the dryness some reviewers mentioned. They were quite moist and yummy. Maybe because of the crackers instead of bread? I also added about an 1/8 tsp. of cayenne, because we like a little spice. Perfect!

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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2007

These where quite good & a hit at dinner with everyone (kids and adults). The only change I made was to use butter instead of margarine. The dough was very easy to handle. I bought some Caribbean Mango Salsa & as mentioned below added part to sour cream. I preferred the mango salsa plain with it, but, everyone else liked the salsa/sour cream combo. The salsa really helped spice it up a bit. I think a nice green lettuce salad with maybe grapefruit slices/mango, etc...w/a sweet dressing would compliment the patties nice.

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