Jamaican Gizzada Recipe
Prepare your taste buds for a tantalizing journey to the Caribbean with our Jamaican Gizzada recipe. These delightful treats, known by many as "pinch-me-rounds," offer a delectable taste of Jamaica's culinary heritage.
Ingredients
- 1 pound pastry flour
- 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 pound margarine (cold)
- 1/4 pound shortening (cold)
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 2 cups grated coconut
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg grated
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- 1 tbsp margarine
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Place flour in a large bowl, add sugar and salt and mix well.
- Shred the cold margarine and shortening, add to the flour and rub in until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- 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 15-18 minutes.
- Lightly dust the work surface with flour.
- Remove the pastry from the refrigerator and place it on the floured work surface.Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the pastry.
- Use a 3 1/2 - 4 inch cutter to cut rolled pastry into circles.
- Crimp the edge using the thumb of one hand and the thumb and forefinger of the other hand.
- To make the coconut filling, heat a sauce pan over medium low heat and add water.
- Add grated coconut, brown sugar, nutmeg, vanilla extract, salt (optional), and butter.
- Stir until the liquid has absorbed and the mixture begins to stick together.
- Remove coconut mixture from heat and allow to cool.
- Place the dough on a cookie sheet, fill each with about three tablespoons coconut mixture and bake in a pre-heated oven at 205 degrees C or 400 degrees F for 15-20 minutes.