pastelon
pastelon

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pastelon. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced plantains, ground beef, and cheese! Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna. It's the perfect casserole to make for a potluck or family gathering.

pastelon is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. pastelon is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pastelon using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make pastelon:
  1. Take 1 packages shredded cheese
  2. Prepare 1 pepper
  3. Make ready 1 adobo
  4. Get 1 parmesean cheese
  5. Get 9 riped plantains
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp oil
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
  8. Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
  9. Get 2 tsp salt
  10. Get 1 butter
  11. Prepare 5 lb ground beef

This typical Puerto Rican dish is made up of an interesting mix of ingredients but somehow they all work together. There is a little bit of salty, sweet, and savory all in one bite. Pastelon (Puerto Rican Sweet Plantain Lasagna) Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced sweet plantains, ground meat, and cheese. Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna.

Steps to make pastelon:
  1. peel plantains and cut in half put in a pot of water with 2 teaspoons of salt. let it come to a boil.
  2. in the mean time season the ground beef with adobo, parmesean cheese, a pinch of salt and pepper.
  3. in a pot add 2 tablespoons of oil and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and water. add the ground beef and let cook
  4. when plantains are done place in a bowl with out water and smash it all up with two spoons of butter.
  5. in a casserole dish spread some butter then layer half of the plantains on the bottom and smooth it out.
  6. add all the ground beef smooth it out and top it off with some shredded cheese
  7. add the rest of the plantains and smooth it out and add the rest of the cheese on top
  8. preheat oven to 350 and bake for 30 minutes let stand for 10 minutes then serve

It's the perfect casserole to make for a potluck or family gathering! I 'm using Mazola® Corn Oil​ for this recipe. This is a typical dish from the Dominican Republic. It can be used as the main dish, with a salad on the side. You can also have it as a side.

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