[Recipe + Video] Pastelón de Papa (Potato and Beef Casserole)

Pastelón de papa (ground beef casserole with potatoes)

[Recipe + Video] Pastelón de Papa (Potato and Beef Casserole)

Learn how to make pastelón de papa, our amazing ground beef casserole sandwiched between layers of creamy mashed potatoes and lots of melted cheese. It truly is irresistible.

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Dominican, Latino

Keyword papas con queso recipe, pastel de papas recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 minute

Total Time 16 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 673kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

Minced beef filling

1 red onion (medium-size, minced [65 g]
3 cloves garlic
1 pound minced beef [454g]
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup tomato sauce
1 bell pepper diced
1½ teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
½ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
1 sprig cilantro chopped

Potato Casserole

2 pound potato [0.9 kg], peeled
1½ teaspoon salt divided (or more, to taste)
1 cup milk (whole or skim)
¼ cup butter (salted) plus extra for greasing the pan
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon parsley chopped finely
2 egg yolk (optional)
2½ cups grated mozzarella or Cheddar cheese, or both

Instructions

Making filling: You can find the instructions with video here.
Prepping potatoes: Boil the potatoes in salted water (½ teaspoon of salt)until they are cooked through. Mash the potatoes, while still warm. A potato ricer (Amazon affiliate link) works best for this, but you can also use a food processor, or simply mash until there aren't any lumps.
Mix in potatoes milk, butter, garlic powder, and salt to taste. Mix in parsley and yolks.
Assembling: Grease a 9-cup baking pan. Spread half of the potato mash in the baking pan, cover with half the cheese. Top with the meat filling, followed by the remaining potato mash. Top with the remaining half of the cheese.
Baking: Cook in a preheated oven at 350 ºF [170 ºC] for 20 minutes, or until the top is a light golden color, and cheese is bubbly.
Serving: Let it rest for a minute or two before serving. This goes great with our green salad.

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