Vegetarian Pati (Costa Rican Handpies)
Ingredients
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 tsp Achiote Paste
½ cup Vegetable Shortening
¾ cup Beer, lager
1 tsp Granulated sugar
1 tsp Salt, kosher
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted
1½ tsp Baking powder
3 cups DOLE Shredded Young Green Jackfruit in Brine
1 Habanero pepper, seeds removed
1 cup Onion, yellow, roughly chopped
½ cup Pimento Pepper, fresh, roughly chopped
½ cup Celery, roughly chopped
¼ cup Garlic, minced
2 tsp Thyme, fresh picked
1 cup Bread crumbs, soaked in warm water
Directions
- Pre-heat an oven to 350F.
- In a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, add the flour, margarine and vegetable fat and blend on speed 4.
- Keep beating and slowly add the baking powder, salt and sugar. Then add the beer and the achiote paste.
- To prepare the filing, add the onion, peppers, celery stalk, garlic and sprig of thyme to a food processor and chop fine. Add the bread crumbs to create a rough meal, then fold into the jackfruit and season to taste if needed.
- On a floured work surface, roll out your dough to an even ¼ inch minimum thickness.
- Using a ring cutter, cut circles out of the dough roughly 3 inches in diameter.
- Fill them with the filling, roughly 2 tablespoons per pati, fold them in half and crimp closed using a fork, ensuring they are completely sealed.
- Place them on a greased sheet tray and bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes then broil for 5 minutes.
- Enjoy while hot.