Time: 2 hours.
Complexity: easily
Quantity: 16 pies

If you're preparing snacks for a game, these football-shaped pastries are perfect: they're easy to make with store-bought puff pastry, look atmospheric, and their savory flavor pairs perfectly with beer. Fill them with ground beef and Jamaican chili peppers and, following the step-by-step recipe, form the pastries into football shapes. You can even use the dough scraps to decorate the balls. Serve them hot with any dipping sauce, such as ranch, barbecue sauce, or chutney.

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 6 green onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
• 1 hot Scotch bonnet or habanero pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped, optional
• Half a green bell pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped
• 220 g of ground beef
• 1.5 tsp Jamaican curry powder
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 2 packages of 500g puff pastry (4 sheets total)
• 1 large egg, beaten with a little water
• BBQ sauce, chutney or ranch sauce, for filing

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2
• Combine the thyme, green onion, garlic, chilli and bell pepper in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped (be careful not to create a smooth paste).
Step 3
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring, until darkened, about 2 minutes. Add the pepper mixture, curry powder, and allspice and cook, stirring, until the beef is browned and the filling is fragrant, about 5 minutes.
Step 4
• Remove from heat and stir in the vegetable oil. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of salt and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper, and let the filling cool completely. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
Step 5
• Roll out each sheet of puff pastry to 0.3 cm thick. Using a 10 cm oval cookie cutter, cut 8 ovals from each sheet of pastry; set the scraps aside.
Step 6
• Place 1 tablespoon of beef filling in the center of each half of the dough oval and brush the edges with egg wash. Top each half with an empty dough oval and crimp the edges with a fork to seal. Transfer the patties to the prepared baking sheets.
Step 7
• From the scraps of dough, cut 16 strips measuring 5 x 0.3 cm and 48 strips measuring 2.5 x 0.3 cm. Place the long strips along the center of each pie, then place 3 short strips across the long strips to form the laces of the soccer ball. Carefully, to avoid dislodging the laces, brush the tops of the pie with the egg wash.
Step 8
• Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Serve with barbecue sauce, chutney, or ranch dressing for dipping.

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Author of the recipe - Vivian Chan – recipe developer, developer of new flavor combinations