vegetarian Jamaican patties

Ingredients

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, enriched, bleached

  4 cup or 500g

• Household shortening

  Lard and vegetable oil

  ½ cup or 103g

• Butter

  Salted

  10 tbsp or 142g

• Turmeric

  Organic Spice - 365 Everyday Value

  1 ¾ tsp or 4g

• Salt

  Table

  4 ½ tsp or 27g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 large or 150g

• Garlic

  Raw

  6 clove or 18g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  1 tbsp or 5g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 ½ tsp, ground or 5g

• Allspice

  Spices, ground

  ¹³⁄₁₆ tsp or 2g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  3 medium or 45g

• Parsley

  Spices, dried

  1 tbsp or 2g

• Worcestershire sauce

  2 tbsp or 34g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Almond milk

  Plain

  4 tbsp or 60g

• Breakfast Veggie Pattys

  Meatless - Trader Joe's

  10 servings or 380g

Directions

1. sift the flour,tumeric and salt into a large bowl.
2. using two knives, a pastry blender or a pastry blade cut the cold shortening and butter until mixture becomes crumbly.
3. Working quickly, add small amounts of water to form dough. do not over water or overwork.
4. form dough into disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 1/2 hours or overnight.
5. in a large skillet, heat butter until hot but not smoking.
6. add in onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
7. add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.
8. add the veggie ground beef, tumeric,cumin and allspice and cook until heated and spices are fragrant, about 10 minutes
9. add the scallions, parsley, tomatoes and vegetable stock and simmer for about 30 minutes, until Most all of the liquid has evaporated
10. season with salt and pepper to taste, remove from heat and let mixture cool before assembling the patties
11. preheat oven at 400 degrees F
12. on a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry dough and cut into circles about 6 to 7 inches in diameter.
13. lightly brush the outside edges of the circle with a little almond milk
14. spoon roughly a 1/4 cup of the filling onto half of the circle and fold the other half of the pastry over so that the edges meet. press to seal and use a fork to crimp the edges together
15. lightly brish top with a little almond milk and place patties on parchment lined baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes.