Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pastelòn de amarillo (sweet plantain dish). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Once the meat is cooked discard the oil that the meat released. Dominicans call fried plantain slices "fritos" or "tostones". The main difference between bananas and plantains is that the former has more sugar and less starch, while the latter has more starch than sugar and has to be cooked before eating.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook pastelòn de amarillo (sweet plantain dish) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish):

1. Prepare Ground meat
2. Prepare Sofrito (optional)
3. Make ready minced garlic
4. Prepare chopped onion (which ever you prefer)
5. Take chopped red pimiento
6. Take chopped green pepper
7. Prepare sliced olives
8. Make ready Spaghetti sauce (leave a little for finish topping)
9. Prepare shredded mozzarella cheese
10. Get shredded cheddar cheese
11. Take Platano Maduro Sweet Plantain
12. Make ready margarine
13. Make ready Canola cooking spray (whichever you prefer)

The cheese topping will caramelize as you can see in the images. 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. Tonight, let this delicious Pastelón be the star of your dinner table!

Instructions to make Pastelòn De Amarillo (Sweet Plantain Dish):

1. Put your 2 1/2 pounds of meat to cook on medium heat until browned.
2. Once the meat is cooked discard the oil that the meat released. Add the 2 tablespoons of sofrito, and all your seasonings until your preference. Add your spaghetti sauce.Turn off when done.
3. Peel and cut the 8 piece of sweet plantains into pieces. Put to boil until cooked. Once cooked strain. You would now need a potatoe masher or a fork. In bowl start to mash the sweet plantains adding one tablespoons of butter at a time.
4. Preheat oven to 375°
5. Take your glass dish and spray with cooking spray. Start to add a layer of sweet plantain using half of your plantains. On top of that add your cooked and seasoned ground meat. Add the last layer of sweet plantains. Spread the sauce you have left. Then top using your shredded mozarella cheese and cheddar cheese.

In this family-style Caribbean casserole, a sweet plantain puree made from frozen GOYA® Ripe Plantains and a savory ground beef mixture called picadillo are layered, topped with cheese and baked until hot, bubbly and ready to be devoured! Serve this hearty sweet plantain casserole with a. If you would like to try a pastelon with yuca, Click here! Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna. It's the Plantains are a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican food as well as other Caribbean and tropical cuisines.

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