Recipe: Perfect Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie)

Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie). Pour remaining plaintain mix and spread evenly. I made it with ground chicken instead of beef since I don t eat red meat. You saved Pastelon de Platano Maduro (Dominican-Style Yellow Plantain Pie) to your Favorites.

Pastelón de plátano maduro is a generous size layered dish consisting of staple Latin Caribbean foods such as yellow plantains, garlic, onions, cheese, butter and meat. Some regions add other ingredients to their pastelon recipe, such as wine, nutmeg and raisins, to intensify the sweetness, or eggplant for texture. To assemble pastelon: Take your prepared square pan, start with a layer of plantains, then beef, then a fistful of cheese, repeat. You can cook Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie) using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie)

1. Prepare of Meat filling.
2. You need 1 lb of Ground beef.
3. Prepare 2 slice of Bacon or salt pork chopped.
4. You need 2 tbsp of Apple sauce unsweetened.
5. Prepare 2 of hard boiled eggs chopped.
6. Prepare 1 envelope of Ham flavor bullion.
7. You need 2 envelope of Sazon goya.
8. It's 1/4 of Diced onion.
9. It's 1/4 cup of Diced tomato.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of Diced sweet peppers.
11. It's 5 of Spanish olives w/pimento chopped.
12. You need 1 pinch of Oregano,Cumin, Cilantro.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp of Sofrito (see recipe).
14. You need 1/2 can of Tomato sauce.
15. You need of Plaintain mix.
16. You need 5 of Sweet plaintains (yellow/ black skin).
17. It's 1 cup of Butter.
18. It's 1 cup of heavy cream or milk.
19. You need 1/4 tsp of Salt.
20. It's 2/3 cup of Parmesan cheese.

You want to finish with cheese and plantains. Let it sit for a minute allowing the egg to soak in. Top off with just a bit more cheese. Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie) Ground beef, Bacon or salt pork chopped, Apple sauce unsweetened, hard boiled eggs chopped, Ham flavor bullion, Sazon goya, Diced onion, Diced tomato Plantains are a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican food as well as other Caribbean and tropical cuisines.

Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie) step by step

1. Cut plaintain ends and into thirds. Boil in salted water with skin until fork tender..
2. Cook bacon and brown your meat in the drippins. Add chopped and diced veggies, bullion, sazon, sofrito and spices. Cook until veggies are translucent, about 5 mins. And applesauce, tomato sauce and chopped eggs. Simmer on low until all the ingredients are combined. Taste and add your own flavors as necessary. Mix should have a bit of sweetness to it..
3. Preheat oven and butter your lasagna pan. Set aside..
4. The plaintains should be ready when the skin starts to separate from the plaintain. Remove skin and mash with butter,milk and cheese..
5. Place 1/2 of plaintain mix on bottom of pan and spread evenly, Add all of the meat mix( I use a strainer to drain any oils from meat before dropping into pan). Pour remaining plaintain mix and spread evenly. Sprinkle any type of cheese as desired on top of pastelon. (I use fresh grated parm).
6. Heat in oven for 30 mins until bubbly and enjoy! Buen Provecho mi gente!.

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. Just about everyone I know that tries it also loves it. Pastelon de platano y carne (Sweet plaintain and meat pie) Ground beef • Bacon or salt pork chopped • Apple sauce unsweetened • hard boiled eggs chopped • Ham flavor bullion • Sazon goya • Diced onion • Diced tomato 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.