Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pastelon. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
pastelon is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. pastelon is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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 components. You can cook pastelon using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make pastelon:
- Prepare 1 packages shredded cheese
- Take 1 pepper
- Get 1 adobo
- Get 1 parmesean cheese
- Get 9 riped plantains
- Make ready 2 tbsp oil
- Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Get 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Take 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 butter
- Get 5 lb ground beef
Pastelón Be the first to rate & review! This hearty and comforting dish is just like a savory lasagna made complete with delicious Latin spices. The flavor profile is slightly sweet, salty, and spicy all at the same time, which culminates into one truly delicious flavor experience. Pastelón is one of the traditional foods that are served in Puerto Rico as well as some other Caribbean countries.
Instructions 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 flavor profile is slightly sweet, salty, and spicy all at the same time, which culminates into one truly delicious flavor experience. Pastelón is one of the traditional foods that are served in Puerto Rico as well as some other Caribbean countries. The classic Puerto Rican lasagna-like dish contains plantains, which are the star ingredient of the meal. The dish is a nice mix between the sweet taste of the very ripe plantains and ground beef. This typical Puerto Rican dish is made up of an interesting mix of ingredients but somehow they all work together.
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