Perogies With Various Traditional Fillings
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour 8 minutes
🥄 Yield: 50 Perogies
🍽 Recipe Category: Polish
🔍 Keywords: European, Weeknight, Stove Top, < 4 Hours
Description:
What can I say, I love these little babies and they love me back, so I only do this twice a year and “ration” them out! I make double to triple the amounts and freeze for later use. To serve boil, drain and then fry in butter with a lot of onions and serve with a dollop of sour cream!
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 3 | cups flour |
| 1 | egg |
| 2 | teaspoons salt |
| 1 | cup water |
| 3/4 – 1 | cup dry curd cottage cheese |
| 1 | egg |
| 5 | cups sharp cheddar cheese |
| 1 | tablespoon fresh dill |
| 6 – 8 | strips bacon |
| 1 | cup sauerkraut |
| 1 | teaspoon salt |
| 1 | cup mashed potatoes |
| 1/2 – 1 | onion |
| 4 | tablespoons butter |
| 1 | cup sour cream |
Instructions:
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Prepare the Dough:
- Mix egg, oil, and water in a bowl.
- Add flour and salt, knead until elastic.
- Flour your counter top and rolling pin.
- Roll the dough to around 1/4 inch thick and cut into small circles.
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Prepare the Fillings:
- Cottage Cheese and Dill Filling:
- In a large bowl, mix dry curd cottage cheese, egg, sharp cheddar cheese, fresh dill, and salt.
- Fill perogies with the mixture.
- Sauerkraut and Bacon Filling:
- In a large bowl, combine sauerkraut, cooked and crumbled bacon, and salt.
- Fill perogie dough with the mixture.
- Potato and Cheese Filling:
- In a large bowl, mix mashed potatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, chopped onion, and salt.
- Fill perogie dough with the mixture.
- Cottage Cheese and Dill Filling:
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Assembly and Cooking:
- Stretch dough circles with fingers, add 1 teaspoon of filling, fold over, and flute edges.
- Boil perogies until they float.
- Cool before freezing.
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Serving:
- To serve, boil, drain, then fry in butter with onions.
- Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
Additional Notes:
- The dough recipe is for around 50 perogies.
- Prepare at least 1 batch of dough for each filling.
- It’s recommended to triple each filling recipe.
- You may need about 1 and 1/2 recipes of dough for each batch of filling, depending on dough thickness.
These Perogies With Various Traditional Fillings are perfect for a cozy dinner or a special occasion. Enjoy the flavors of Poland in every bite!
