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Pierogis

A yummy Eastern European snack.

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Cook potatoes in boiling water.
Chop up the onion in to small slices. Place the butter in a frying pan and set at a medium heat. Fry the onions until they turn golden and yummy looking remove them from the heat.

Mash up the potatoes in a bowl and add the onions.
Add the cottage cheese. Mix together well. This is our pierogi filling. Add a few spices or some salt to flavour.

Heap the flour together on a surface and create a well in the middle. Beat an egg and pour in to the middle of the well.
Knead together with warm water until it forms a thick dough. This can be a bit oogie and messy.
Roll the dough out thin and use a cookie cutter to cut out a shape. Place some filling on one side of the dough shape.
Fold the dough over and press together. Use a fork to score around the edges. Make as many as you want to eat.
Place a small batch in to a pan of boiling water and cover. When the pierogi start to float uncover them and cook on a high heat for 2 minutes and then drain. They taste delicious with sour cream. Enjoy.

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Anastasia

Dec 31, 2005 4:15pm ago

Ocassionally got here and saw your message about "pierogi" - being russian i have to say that these are not "pierogi", these are called "vareniki" (smth. that you cook in a boiling water) and pierogi are cooked in oven or fried on a frying pan. That's it=)

Cat Morley

Jan 15, 2006 9:18pm

My Grandad, he is Russian, explained this to me too.

Jocelyn A.

Sep 23, 2007 12:59am

wow i am sooo clueless i though they were polish! Shows how geographically educated i am! lol

I like pierogi with mustard, Yes it soulds gross but they are sooo good

Cat Morley

Sep 23, 2007 11:41am

I think they are Polish too, however in Russia they called them vareniki.

knittingnurse

Oct 18, 2007 2:46am

These are exactly like the pierogi my polish grandmother used to make. I was always told that the family would make huge batches (enough for grandma, and all the 6 or 7 kids and their families) boil them to do the initial cooking of the dough then freeze them and when they were reheated they always were fried then in butter. I sometimes get the premade ones in the freezer section of the grocery store, but they just are not quite the same.......

Shivi

Nov 29, 2007 10:51am

How long do they take to make?

Cat Morley

Nov 29, 2007 4:30pm

Hmm, an hour or so. Depends how many you want?!

opposites-girl

Dec 5, 2007 2:02am

I've been planning on making these a while now, definitely going to be in my new bento after xmas lol

Jasmin N.

Jan 22, 2008 4:31pm

Could you use a different type of cheese? Something they add to the cottage cheese here makes my mother sick.

Dragonsinger

Jan 30, 2008 6:20am

They are also rather popular in Czech families as I learned to make them from my grandmother and her parents came from Czechoslovakia. You can use cheddar cheese. You can also fill them with sauerkraut/mushroom filling. Saute the mushrooms first, add kraut and saute then drain well.