PLANTAIN LASAGNA: A SWEET AND SAVORY TWIST

If you want to switch up your traditional lasagna recipe, try replacing your lasagna noodles with sweet plantains, it will result in a delicious Plantain Lasagna.

Plantains are precious gems. They are rich in fiber and potassium. You can bake, boil, fry, add them to stews and soups.  You can find them in different ripening stages:

Green Peel: they are not ripe yet, at this point they are firm and not sweet.
Yellow Peel: they are ripe and have a mild sweet taste to them.
Black Peel: they are at the peak of the ripeness and usually super sweet and soft to the touch. Mostly used in desserts.
A few typical Panamanian recipes with plantain are Platanos en tentación, Fried Plantain (Patacones and yellow fried plantain), Patacones rellenos with beef or shrimp, and Chocao which is a dessert. Another recipe which I almost forget plantain tarts. The majority of these recipes have a Caribbean flare to them.

For this recipe, we would use ripe or yellow plantains since they are soft and sweet. You can get ones that have a couple of black spots on them. We need them to be firm but soft to the touch, not mushy.
We would also need the following ingredients:

ground beef
onion
carrot
celery
cottage cheese
mozzarella cheese
diced tomatoes
olive oil
egg
garlic
seasonings: salt, pepper, oregano, Italian seasoning
I divided the recipe into four sections, to make it easier to prepare. Remember to preheat your oven to 350ºF. The first section we’ll be preparing is the beef. To start, finely dice the onion, carrots and celery stalk. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add half of the olive oil and the ground beef to brown for a few minutes, then transfer to a dish and set aside.

Ingredients

• 3 ripe plantains
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 3 basil leave chopped
• Beef Sauce
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 1 small carrot
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 tsp minced garlic aprox 1 clove finely chopped
• 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
• 1 tsp oregano
• Cottage Cheese Mixture
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp italian seasoning

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Gather all your ingredients
2. Beef Sauce
3. Finely dice the onion, carrot and celery stalk.
4. Heat a skillet over medium heat, add 1 tsp of olive oil and add the meat. Brown it for 5 minutes. Transfer the ground meat to a dish and set aside.
5. In the same skillet add the remaining olive oil and saute the onion, carrots, and celery stalk until tender.
6. Next, add the garlic and saute for 1 more minute.
7. Add back the ground meat to the vegetables and mix everything. Season with salt, pepper, and oregano.
8. Reduce to low heat, add the diced tomatoes and let it simmer for 15 minutes.
9. Cottage Cheese Mixture
10. In a medium size bowl mix the egg, cottage cheese with the Italian seasoning.
11. Plantains
12. Peel your plantains and slice them into long strips horizontally.
13. In a big skillet spray some oil and just lightly fry the plantain strips until golden on each side. Repeat until you have finished with all the strips.
14. Assembly
15. To assemble, line a loaf pan with some parchment paper to prevent the lasagna from sticking.
16. Start layering: plantain strips, cottage cheese mixture, ground beef mixture, and then mozzarella. Repeat one more time.
17. Mixed the remaining ground beef with the cheese mixture, and add it onto the top layer of the lasagna. Add remaining mozzarella.
18. Transfer to the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
19. Let it cool for 10 minutes, garnish with the chopped basil leaves and devour!

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