Jamaican Beef Patties

== Ingredients ==
* 2 lbs ground beef
* ½ teaspoon Accent
* 8 sprigs of thyme
* 2 oz escallion
* 2 small hot peppers
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* half a loaf French bread
* 1 teaspoon salt
== Directions ==
# Grind escallion and hot peppers in a mincing mill.
# Add to ground beef with salt.
# Place meat in a saucepan making a well in the center into which place 4 sprigs of thyme.
# Cook without adding any water or fat until meat has lost its broth and only certain amount of oil remains.
# Pour off excess oil and add this to the paprika to be used later on, strained for coloring meat.
# While meat is being cooked, pour sufficient cold water over bread in a saucepan to cover and soak for a few minutes, then squeeze dry, saving water.
# Pass bread through mincing mill and return the ground bread water with 4 sprigs of thyme and cook until bread is dry.
# Combine meat and cooked bread.
# Add color, paprika in sufficient quantity to color the meat to taste.
# Cook together for a further 20 minutes. Add Accent.
# Remove from fire. Cool for filling pastry circles.
Category:Jamaican Meat Dishes
Category:Jamaican Snacks
Category:Ground beef Recipes
Category:Fresh chile pepper Recipes
Category:French bread Recipes
Category:Thyme Recipes