Jamaican Beef Patty

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry dough ingredients: flour, turmeric, curry powder, sugar, and salt.

Dice your beef tallow into small cubes (or small spoonfuls), then add to the dry mix. Use your fingers to mix the fat into the dough until it begins integrating into the flour and you have a pebbly mixture.

Add your cold water and mix until everything has just come together. You don’t really want to knead this or melt the fat, you just want everything hydrated and cohesive.

Form it into a smooth ball, wrap it with plastic wrap, and set it in the fridge to rest while you make the filling.