Need a tasty Jamaican pastry try gizzada
This pastry filling from Jamaica is one relish you need to try out, made with dough and coconut toppings and baked just to bring out the crunchy aspect of the pastry to life.enjoy with a cup of lemonade or juice and tell us if it’s ain’t yummy
Ingredients
Flour
Coconut(topping)
margarine
Salt
Sugar
Shortening
Method
- Pour the flour in a large bowl and add sugar, salt and mix well.Shred the cold margarine and shortening then add to the flour and mix till the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.Now add cold water to the flour mixture and gently mix to form a pastry dough. Do not knead.Cover the pastry and place in the refrigerator to relax for about 20minutes Lightly dust the work surface with flour remove pastry from the refrigerator and place on the floured work surface.Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the pastry.Use a 3-4 inch cutter to cut out and roll pastry into circles.Crimp the edge using the thumb of one hand and the thumb and fore finger of the other hand.Place on a cookie sheet or paper, fill each with about three tablespoons coconut mixture and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes and your Gizzada pastry is ready for consumption, try this recipe at home and tell us what you think about the pastry.