Ayobami’s Plansagna: Dodo meets Lasagna

Ayobami says: ‘I have recently started experimenting with what we’re calling plansagna at this time: pan-fried dodo at the base, layered with shaved steak, grilled peppers, and mozzarella, then baked. It’s still a work in progress but it’s my most exciting dodo creation for now. 

To make plansagna, you’ll need:

I added ata din din

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Here’s what I did. I prepped everything to start:

  • Roasted peppers, skinned and sliced
  • Fried plantain aka dodo
  • Grated mozzarella cheese
  • Grilled and sliced steak

First in plantain, in a single layer. Topped with steak

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Followed by the roasted peppers

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Then ata din din, beautiful contrast to the sweet plantains

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Some grated mozzarella to finish it up

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And then into a hot oven – I set it to the highest, 260 deg C for 15 minutes.

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It emerged the picture of perfection: hot through and through, with melted, stretchy cheese

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The eating was the best because the pepper sauce worked with the cheese texture to show off the goodness of the plantains. The steak, the peppers, and the dodo themselves – harmonyyyyyyyyyyyy.

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It was loaded!!!

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And delicious. Definitely a make-more-often typa thing. Like my yam tray bake! Nigerian savoury bakes for the win!

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I served it with rice. It was heavenly and you shall see me make this more often.

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Thank you, Ayobami.

Recipe by Ayobami; Photos by me


Ayobami Olufadeji (@0moba) is an amateur level 3 emergency physician but can’t wait to be done with this phase so he can begin on his journey to becoming your future favorite amateur chef.

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