Pastelón (Spanish for "big cake") is a dish from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.[1] The pastelón is a casserole dish consisting of typical Latin Caribbean foods such as plantains, sofrito, and seasoned, mince meat (beef).In modern variations, the minced meat is sautéed with most notably bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, herbs, olives, capers, raisins, garlic, and wine.Plantains can be replaced with boiled and mashed potato, batata, breadfruit, cassava, celeriac (apio), taro, ñame, or yautía.A modern vegetarian variation of pastelón is popular recently as well replacing meat with mushrooms, eggplant, squash, string beans, potato or chayote.
A version of pastelón prepared with sweet plantains, ground beef, tomato-based sauce and cheese.
