Pierogi Recipe

These are filled dough with choices of sauerkraut or potato and cheese. A polish favorite, time consuming but well worth it

• Meal Type: Entree
• Ethnicity: Other
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs-slightly beaten
• 2 tbsps. shortening
• boiling water
• sauerkraut filling
• 2 cups chopped sauerkraut
• 1 small chopped onion
• butter
• 2 cups chopped mushrooms
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsps. sour cream
• (saute onion in butter,add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. add sauerkraut and salt and pepper. continue to fry until flavors blend. add sour cream and cool)
• potato and cheese filling
• 1 tbsp. minced onion
• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1 1/2 cups mashed cooked potatoes
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
• salt and pepper
• (saute onion in butter until tender but not brown. mix onion with potatoes,cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper)

Directions

1. Sift flour and salt into large bowl,make a well in center and add eggs and shortening. mix water gradually into flour to make stiff dough. it usually takes 3/4 to 1 cup,mix with wooden spoon. turn dough onto a lightly floured board and knead 5 minutes or until smooth and shiny. cover dough with mixing bowl and allow to rest 10 minutes before rolling out.
2. Roll out till very thin and cut out circles. fill with filling and fold over. press to seal edges with fingers and then fork.
3. Drop a few at a time into boiling water till they rise to the top.
4. Cook 5 minutes and test if still tough boil a little longer.
5. When ready to eat fry in butter and serve with sour cream.