Pastelón de Plátano Maduro [Video + Recipe] Ripe Plantain Casserole

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon olive oil

  (or vegetable oil)
• 1 red onion

  [65g], minced
• 1 tablespoon mashed garlic

  (3 large garlic cloves)
• 1 pound ground beef

  [454g]
• 1 cup tomato sauce

  [115g]
• 1 green bell pepper

  or red, seeded and minced
• 1½ teaspoons salt

  (or more, to taste)
• ½ teaspoons black pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)

  (or more, to taste)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

  (or parsley)
• 6 plantain (ripe, yellow)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup salted butter

  plus extra to grease pan.
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

  (see notes)

Instructions

• 1 Find the recipe and instructions with video for the filling here
  [https://www.dominicancooking.com/ground-beef-empanada-filling].
• 2 Peel the plantains and boil adding 1 teaspoon of salt to the water. Once the
  plantains are fork tender (15 - 20 mins), remove them from the heat.
• 3 Drain the water right away, and mash them with a fork. 
  
  Add the butter and keep mashing until it is very smooth with no lumps. 
• 4 Grease a 1-inch tall baking pan. Put half of the plantain mixture in the baking
  pan. Cover with half of the cheese. 
  
  Cover the cheese with the meat. Cover with the remaining plantain mixture. Cover
  with the rest of the cheese.
• 5 Cook in preheated oven to 350 °F [175 °C] until the top is golden brown.
• 6 It will be easier to serve if you wait five minutes after removing it from the
  oven.

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