Pastelón (Sweet Plantain Lasagna)



Ingredients

  • 1 boullion
  • 1 t dried cilantro
  • 1/4 c sofrito
  • 1/8 c tomato sauce
  • shredded parmesan cheese
  • 7 ripe plantains (can’t be unripe!)
  • ~3 lb ground beef
  • 3 spoons of butter

Directions

Cook the ground beef with the sofrito, dried cilantro, tomato sauce and bouillon until meat is not longer raw (~35 min).

Boil the sweet plantains and peel after boiling (~30 min). Smash the plantains and add 1/4 cup of the warm water (used to boil the plantains), butter and mix well.

Get an aluminum foil pan and add the following layers of ingredients in the order listed and then place in the oven for about 20 minutes at 300 degrees.

-mashed plantains -cook ground beef -shredded cheese -mashed plantains -shredded cheese