Vegetarian Pastelón - Ripe Plantain Lasagna

Each twelvemonth I await frontward to Thanksgiving day. One argue of class is the spirit of existence thankful for everything that nosotros have, skilful health, family, friends, peaceful life - everything that nosotros often direct keep for granted till it is taken away from us. Another argue is that I await frontward to cooking the TG twenty-four threescore minutes menses menu. This fourth dimension i time again nosotros picked the subject of 'food from around the world' - a dish from each continent. I picked Australian lamb stew together with Moroccan anise breadstuff to larn amongst the stew. From Asia I picked Udon noodles made amongst homemade almond-butter Sriracha sauce, together with French light-green beans salad from Europe. My married adult man did a large projection making difficult apple tree cider together with sparkling apple tree cider amongst farm fresh apples. I together with thus made a pumpkin no-cheese cheesecake which took attention of North America.

Now I was left amongst South America. I toyed amongst dissimilar dishes, but nix actually caught my attention. Then came the see of making something amongst plantain. My guests were all going to travel Mallus together with I was certain they would dearest something amongst plantains. That is how I got the see of Pastelón. It seems similar each Latin american province has its ain version of Pastelón. It is basically a plantain lasagna or casserole made by together with large amongst a beef filling. Since nosotros are predominantly vegetarians, I was non going to add together i to a greater extent than non-vegetarian dish to the carte together with beef was out of enquiry anyway. That is how the vegetarian version came about.



I only took the basic see of Pastelón, the plantains together with the filling was prepared past times my ain sentence amongst a mix of Indian together with Latin spices. We all loved it together with thus did my guests, inward fact this was in all likelihood the best i on the table. I volition travel making this to a greater extent than often equally breakfast, brunch or equally side dish only similar this. My boy wants to direct keep this to schoolhouse equally lunch.., can't musical rhythm out that :-)


Ingredients:
  • Well ripe plantains - 8
  • Black Bean -1 loving cup (soaked overnight)
  • Kidney edible bean - 1 cup (soaked overnight)
  • Red onion - 1/2 chopped fine
  • Tomato - 4 medium
  • Jalapeño - 2
  • Cilantro - 1/2 loving cup (chopped)
  • Sea tabular array salt - equally per taste
  • Dry mango pulverization - two Tbs
  • Cumin seeds - 1 Tbs
  • Paprika - 1 Tbs
  • Red chilly pulverization - 1/2 tsp or to a greater extent than if you lot prefer
  • EV Olive fossil oil - 3 Tbs
  • Organic ghee or butter - two Tbs (substitute amongst virgin kokosnoot fossil oil for a vegan version)

Directions:
  • Cook the beans amongst plenty H2O together with drain.
  • Using a mortar together with pestle crunch cumin, jalapeño together with cilantro.
  • Heat olive fossil oil on medium together with sauté cumin/cilantro mixture for two minutes.
  • Add onion and sauté till golden brown.
  • Add love apple tree together with ready till slightly mashed.
  • Add cooked beans together with all remaining ingredients together with ready on medium rut stirring frequently. 
  • Cook till everything inward mixed good together with beans are slightly mashed together with most of wet is absorbed.
  • Boil or steam the plantains (with the peel on).
  • Once slightly cool, peel the skin, squash together with withdraw the gist together with seeds. Add the ghee (or butter or kokosnoot oil) together with squash well.
  • Grease a baking dish (8.5 x 10.5 or 2.5 Qt) amongst butter. 
  • Divide the mashed plantain into two parts. Make a layer of plantain inward the greased baking dish, compass amount the edible bean mixture on top. Fill the remaining plantain on top. Press equally you lot larn amongst each layer. 
  • Even out the overstep layer together with optionally add together a drizzle of ghee or a few slices of butter on top. 
  • Bake at 350 deg F for xxx minutes.
  • Slice together with serve. 
  • Serves 8 large servings or xvi minor servings.
  • Enjoy!!






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