Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish)
Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish)

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Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish) One of my family's favorite. Once the meat is cooked discard the oil that the meat released. This will make lifting the pastelon out of the platter easier.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pastelòn de amarillo (sweet plantain dish) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish):
  1. Take 2 1/2 lb Ground meat
  2. Take 2 tbsp Sofrito (optional)
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp minced garlic
  4. Get 1 small chopped onion (which ever you prefer)
  5. Make ready 1/2 chopped red pimiento
  6. Take 1/2 chopped green pepper
  7. Get 4 tbsp sliced olives
  8. Make ready 8 oz Spaghetti sauce (leave a little for finish topping)
  9. Prepare 1 packages shredded mozzarella cheese
  10. Get 1 packages shredded cheddar cheese
  11. Take 8 piece Platano Maduro Sweet Plantain
  12. Take 1 stick margarine
  13. Prepare Canola cooking spray (whichever you prefer)

A plantain's taste depends on how ripe it is - the riper, the sweeter. Cover the bottom of the pan with a row of plantains. Add enough of the cooked meat to make a layer, following the style for preparing lasagna. Alternate rows of plantains and meat until both are used up.

Steps to make Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish):
  1. Put your 2 1/2 pounds of meat to cook on medium heat until browned.
  2. Once the meat is cooked discard the oil that the meat released. Add the 2 tablespoons of sofrito, and all your seasonings until your preference. Add your spaghetti sauce.Turn off when done.
  3. Peel and cut the 8 piece of sweet plantains into pieces. Put to boil until cooked. Once cooked strain. You would now need a potatoe masher or a fork. In bowl start to mash the sweet plantains adding one tablespoons of butter at a time.
  4. Preheat oven to 375°
  5. Take your glass dish and spray with cooking spray. Start to add a layer of sweet plantain using half of your plantains. On top of that add your cooked and seasoned ground meat. Add the last layer of sweet plantains. Spread the sauce you have left. Then top using your shredded mozarella cheese and cheddar cheese.

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. It's the Plantains are a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican food as well as other Caribbean and tropical cuisines. Most people know of sweet plantains, but you can eat and cook with either ripe plantains (sweet) or green plantains. I've wanted to share a recipe for pastelón, a dish akin to lasagna that I love, for a while now.

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