Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pastelon. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
pastelon is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. pastelon is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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. Photography Credit: Marta Diaz Pastelón is a layered Puerto Rican casserole of plantains, cheese and picadillo, a tomato-based ground beef mixture seasoned with onions, peppers, herbs and spices.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastelon using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make pastelon:
- Take 1 packages shredded cheese
- Get 1 pepper
- Make ready 1 adobo
- Take 1 parmesean cheese
- Get 9 riped plantains
- Make ready 2 tbsp oil
- Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Prepare 2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 butter
- Take 5 lb ground beef
Pastelón Pastelón is a Puerto Rican dish with many interpretations across the island. Our version nestles thinly sliced, fried sweet plantains between layers of savory ground beef and mozzarella cheese. The beef mixture can be made a day before assembling the pastelón–just refrigerate until ready to use! This typical Puerto Rican dish is made up of an interesting mix of ingredients but somehow they all work together.
Steps to make pastelon:
- peel plantains and cut in half put in a pot of water with 2 teaspoons of salt. let it come to a boil.
- in the mean time season the ground beef with adobo, parmesean cheese, a pinch of salt and pepper.
- in a pot add 2 tablespoons of oil and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and water. add the ground beef and let cook
- when plantains are done place in a bowl with out water and smash it all up with two spoons of butter.
- in a casserole dish spread some butter then layer half of the plantains on the bottom and smooth it out.
- add all the ground beef smooth it out and top it off with some shredded cheese
- add the rest of the plantains and smooth it out and add the rest of the cheese on top
- preheat oven to 350 and bake for 30 minutes let stand for 10 minutes then serve
The beef mixture can be made a day before assembling the pastelón–just refrigerate until ready to use! 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. 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.
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