Make and share this Homemade Potato and Cheese Pierogies / Old Fashioned Perogies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mimi Bobeck
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Potato and Cheese Filling: Cook the onion in butter until tender.
- Combine it with potatoes and cheese.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Vary the proportions and ingredients in this recipe to suit your taste.
- Mix the flour with the salt in a deep bowl.
- Add the egg, oil and water to make a medium soft dough.
- Knead on a floured board until the dough is smooth.
- Caution: Too much kneading will toughen the dough.
- Divide the dough into 2 parts.
- Cover and let stand for at least 10 minutes.
- Prepare the filling.
- The filling should be thick enough to hold its shape.
- Roll the dough quite thin on a floured board.
- Cut rounds with a large biscuit cutter, or as most old-world grandmothers did, with the open end of a glass.
- Put the round in the palm of your hand.
- Place a spoonful of filling in it, fold over to form a half circle and press the edges together with the fingers.
- The edges should be free of filling.
- Be sure the edges are sealed well to prevent the filling from running out.
- Place the pierogi on a floured board or tea towel and then cover with another tea towel to prevent them from drying out.
- COOKING: Drop a few pierogies into a large quantity of rapidly boiling salted water.
- Do not attempt to cook too many at a time.
- Stir VERY gently with a wooden spoon to separate them and to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- Continue boiling for 3-4 minutes.
- The cooling period will depend upon the size you made it, the thickness of the dough and the filling.
- Pierogies will be ready when they are puffed.
- Remove them with a perforated spoon or skimmer to a colander and drain thoroughly.
- Place in a deep dish, sprinkle generously with melted butter to prevent them from sticking.
- Cover and keep them hot until all are cooked.
- Serve in a large dish without piling or crowding them.
- Top with melted butter- chopped crisp bacon and/or chopped onions lightly browned in butter.
- REHEATING: One of the great things about perogies, is that they can be made in large quantities, refrigerated, frozen and reheated without loss of quality.
- Many prefer reheated perogies as compared to freshly boiled ones.
- To re-heat, you can: 1) pan fry pierogies in butter or bacon fat until they are light in color or, 2) heat the pierogies in the top of a double boiler or in the oven until they are hot and plump or, 3) deep fry them.
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[email protected]I've been wanting to try making pierogies for a while now, and I'm so glad I finally did! These were absolutely delicious. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Md kayem
[email protected]These pierogies were amazing! I made them for my family and they were a huge hit. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Mark Jones
[email protected]I made these pierogies for my family and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them. The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Liaquat afgani L
[email protected]These pierogies were a little bit of work to make, but they were so worth it! The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Ryne Kagande
[email protected]I've been wanting to try making pierogies for a while now, and I'm so glad I finally did! These were absolutely delicious. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Zikrullah Zaker
[email protected]These pierogies were amazing! I made them for my family and they were a huge hit. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
leeAnn Du plessis
[email protected]I made these pierogies for my family and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them. The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Riyado Hadii
[email protected]These pierogies were a little bit of work to make, but they were so worth it! The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again
madiha Kanwal
[email protected]I've been wanting to try making pierogies for a while now, and I'm so glad I finally did! These were absolutely delicious. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
IMRAN MULTAN MULTAN
[email protected]These pierogies were amazing! I made them for my family and they were a huge hit. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Norman Gracefield
[email protected]I made these pierogies for my family and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them. The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Junior Fight Club
[email protected]These pierogies were a little bit of work to make, but they were so worth it! The dough was so light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Syed Muhammad Aoun Abbas
[email protected]I've been wanting to try making pierogies for a while now, and I'm so glad I finally did! These were absolutely delicious. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Ramon Trevino
[email protected]These pierogies were amazing! I made them for my family and they were a huge hit. The dough was so easy to work with and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Levert Le Roux
[email protected]I made these pierogies for a party and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them. The dough was light and fluffy, and the filling was so flavorful. I will definitely be making these again.
Bobby Woodward
[email protected]These pierogies were a labor of love, but they were so worth it! The dough was a little tricky to work with at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was smooth sailing. The filling was so delicious and flavorful, and the pierogies cooked up perfec
Brenda D. Wilson
[email protected]I've been making pierogies for years, and this recipe is by far the best I've tried. The dough is so easy to work with and the filling is incredibly flavorful. I highly recommend this recipe to anyone who loves pierogies.
darryl mensah
[email protected]These were absolutely delicious! I made them for my family and they were a huge hit. The filling was so flavorful and the dough was cooked to perfection. I will definitely be making these again.