Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I will show you a way to make a special dish, Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna). This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna) Recipe. Great recipe for Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna). This is Puerto Rican lasagna using ripe plantains instead of the pasta.
You can cook Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna) using 6 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna)
- It’s 3 Cups of +/- Picadillo (I have a recipe for this).
- You need 4-5 of Very Ripe Plantains.
- It’s 1/2 inch of Oil in large skillet.
- You need 2 Cups of Mozzarella or cheese of your choice.
- Prepare 3 of Eggs Beaten.
- It’s 2 Tbsp of Milk.
Plus, a lot of the common additions to Pastelon - like capers, olives or raisins, if you desire.This is Maldo's recipe and made it last.Pastelón de plátano maduro is a typical dish from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.It can be used as the main dish, with a salad on the side or you can have it as a side dish.
Pastelón de Platano Maduro (Puerto Rican Lasagna) instructions
- Preheat oil on med-high in skillet.
- Select Plantains such as these.
- Peel plantains and cut into thin slices lengthwise. Each Plantain should make 5-6 slices..
- Slicing the Plantains can be tricky. Here is a good method to use..
- Put Plantains in skillet a few at a time and cook on both sides until golden brown..
- When brown remove to plate with paper towels..
- When Plantains are fried, butter 13x13 casserole dish..
- Lay out Plantains on bottom leaving as little space as possible in-between..
- Put a layer as thick as you like of Picadillo on Plantains..
- Combine Milk with Beaten Eggs and add a thin layer on top of meat mixture..
- Put a layer of Cheese on top of Meat..
- Alternate layers as many as you wish. Commonly there are 3 layers of Plantains and 2 layers of Meat.
- Finish top layer with Plantains, Egg and Cheese.
- Bake in 350° oven for 30 minutes or until heated through. May want to broil momentarily to brown cheese..
- Allow to rest for a few minutes to make slicing easier..
- Enjoy!.
Pastelon is a Puerto Rican dish first recommended to me by one of my nurses, who is from Puerto Rico.Picture a lasagna, but instead of noodles for the separating layers, you use plantains.There are many variations, but this is how I prepare it.
It's an easy to make recipe.This pastelon recipe is validated by our Dominican culinary expert, Chef Carlos Estevez.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.
