Levi Roots' vegetable patties recipe
A Jamaican patty is a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. Here, Dragon’s Den success story and King of Caribbean cooking, Levi Roots shares a delicious sunny pattie recipe. It's an unbeatable family recipe he swears will bowl over your taste-buds.
Ingredients
- 1 Yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 150 g Carrots, cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 300 g Butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 4 tbsp Chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 4 Spring onions, finely chopped
- 200 g Can sweetcorn, drained
- 100 g Orange cheese (such as Double Gloucester), grated
- 2 tbsp Salt
- 1 handful of Patty Pastry
- 0.5 Egg, lightly beaten, to glaze
- 225 g Plain flour, plus extra for dusting - for the pastry
- 1.5 tsp Ground turmeric - for the pastry
- 110 g Cold butter, cut into small cubes - for the pastry
- 1 Small free-range egg, lightly beaten, to glaze - for the pastry
- 1 Yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 5.3 oz Carrots, cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 10.6 oz Butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 4 tbsp Chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 4 Spring onions, finely chopped
- 7.1 oz Can sweetcorn, drained
- 3.5 oz Orange cheese (such as Double Gloucester), grated
- 2 tbsp Salt
- 1 handful of Patty Pastry
- 0.5 Egg, lightly beaten, to glaze
- 7.9 oz Plain flour, plus extra for dusting - for the pastry
- 1.5 tsp Ground turmeric - for the pastry
- 3.9 oz Cold butter, cut into small cubes - for the pastry
- 1 Small free-range egg, lightly beaten, to glaze - for the pastry
- 1 Yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 5.3 oz Carrots, cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 10.6 oz Butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 1cm (1/2in) dice
- 4 tbsp Chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 4 Spring onions, finely chopped
- 7.1 oz Can sweetcorn, drained
- 3.5 oz Orange cheese (such as Double Gloucester), grated
- 2 tbsp Salt
- 1 handful of Patty Pastry
- 0.5 Egg, lightly beaten, to glaze
- 7.9 oz Plain flour, plus extra for dusting - for the pastry
- 1.5 tsp Ground turmeric - for the pastry
- 3.9 oz Cold butter, cut into small cubes - for the pastry
- 1 Small free-range egg, lightly beaten, to glaze - for the pastry
Details
- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Recipe Type: Snack
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 15 mins
- Cooking Time: 30 mins
- Serves: 6
Step-by-step
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas mark 6.
- Put the pepper, carrots and squash in a saucepan with a small amount of just-boiled water. Cover and cook for 4 minutes. Drain, put in a bowl and mix with all the other ingredients, except the pastry and beaten egg. Leave to cool completely.
- For the pastry, put the flour, turmeric and a pinch of salt in a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingers. Add 4-5 tbsp cold water, mixing quickly with a knife until the pastry comes together. Roll into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
- Cut the pastry into 6 or 8 pieces, depending on whether you want larger or smaller patties. Roll the first piece out into a large circle, with the pastry about ½cm (¼in) thick. Put an eighth of the filling (or a sixth, if making 6 patties) on one side of the pastry, leaving about 1cm (½in) around the edge. Brush the edge with some of the egg glaze. Fold the other half of the pastry circle over the filled half and press the edges together to seal, using a fork to crimp the edges.
- Brush the patties with the remaining beaten egg glaze, place on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper and cook in the oven for 25 minutes or until nice and golden on the outside as well as on the inside.
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Taken from Caribbean Food Made Easy with Levi Roots, published by Mitchell Beazley
Photography copyright Chris Terry
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