Pastelón
- Dinner
Cuisine And Stories
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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!
Total Time
3 hr 30 min
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hr 45 min
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- 1 small bunch fresh cilantro
- 1 small bunch fresh culantro
- 1 red bell pepper, small , roughly chopped
- 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
- 1 medium head garlic, cloves seperated and peeled
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 ¼ cups canola oil(300 mL), divided
- 5 pimento-stuffed spanish olives, thinly sliced into rounds
- 1 lb ground beef(455 g)
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste
- 2 teaspoons dried adobo seasoning, divided
- 1 ¼ teaspoons sazon goya seasoning powder, with saffron
- 1 can tomato sauce
- 4 very ripe plantains
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese(300 g), divided
- 2 large eggs
