Elisa's Potato Meat Pie (Pastelon de Papa)

Name: Elisa's Potato Meat Pie (Pastelon de Papa)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 lb potatoes; 4 oz Cream cheese; 1/2 lb ground beef; 3/4 cup Smoked Cooked Ham, chopped; 1/2 packages of Bacon, cut the name small strips; 1 small green pepper; 1/2 medium onion; 2 tbsp Sofrito (the recipe is in my profile); 2 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin; 1 bunch cilantro; 1 Salt & Pepper; 1 egg; 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese; 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Elisa @elisabel

Carolina, Puerto Rico

This is a puertorican recipe. I don't know the name in English, so I just called Potato Meat Pie. Recently I found out that there is a recipe called Shepherd Pie that is kind of similar.

Elisa @elisabel

Carolina, Puerto Rico

This is a puertorican recipe. I don't know the name in English, so I just called Potato Meat Pie. Recently I found out that there is a recipe called Shepherd Pie that is kind of similar.

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Ingredients

45 mins

4 servings

Potatoes
4 lbpotatoes
4 ozCream cheese
Meat
1/2 lbground beef
3/4 cupSmoked Cooked Ham, chopped
1/2 packagesof Bacon, cut the name small strips
1 smallgreen pepper
1/2 mediumonion
2 tbspSofrito (the recipe is in my profile)
2 tbspolive oil, extra virgin
1 bunchcilantro
1Salt & Pepper
Topping
1egg
1/2 cupshredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cupshredded cheddar cheese

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Steps

45 mins

1

Preheat the oven to 400.
2

Chop the onion, pepper & cilantro
3

On the stove, Put it on a pan and add the onions, peppers, smoked ham, bacon, cilantro, sofrito, olive oil, and fry for some seconds, until the onion is glossy.
4

Add the beef, salt & pepper to the pan and cook.
5

Peel the potatoes and cut them in small squares, add plenty salt to the water and boil.
6

When the potatoes are done, mash them, add the cream cheese and add 2 tablespoons of the grease from the cooked meat and mix it very well. (You can add more or less grease from the meat.)
7

In a greased pan, put one half of the potatoes on the bottom, put a level of meat on top and them add the rest of the potatoes.
8

Beat the egg and pour it on top.
9

Add the cheeses.
10

Put it in the oven until golden.
11

Wait it to cool a little, cut and serve!
12

Enjoy!!