**Pierogi:** A Culinary Symphony of Eastern European Delights
Pierogi, a traditional Eastern European dumpling, is a culinary masterpiece that captivates taste buds with its symphony of flavors. These handcrafted pockets of dough are lovingly filled with a variety of delectable ingredients, from savory wild mushrooms to tangy sauerkraut, creating a delightful symphony of textures and tastes. Whether boiled, pan-fried, or baked, pierogi are a versatile dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or satisfying snack. Join us on a culinary journey as we explore a collection of pierogi recipes that showcase the diverse culinary traditions of Eastern Europe. From the classic potato and cheese pierogi to the more adventurous wild mushroom and sauerkraut pierogi, these recipes offer a delightful journey through the flavors of this beloved dish. Each recipe is carefully crafted with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips to ensure perfect pierogi every time. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your taste buds, and let's embark on a culinary adventure that celebrates the rich heritage of pierogi.
MUSHROOM PIEROGI
These Polish dumplings are traditionally served with soft, browned onions or sour cream.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Yield Makes about 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Remove stems from shiitake mushrooms, and trim stems of white and cremini mushrooms. Place mushrooms in a food processor, and pulse about eight times, until finely chopped. Set aside.
- In a medium saute pan, melt butter and oil over low heat; add shallots. Cook, covered, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and mix well. Raise heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is nearly dry, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add cream, thyme, and parsley, and cook about 1 minute. Transfer to a medium bowl.
- To form dumplings, place a heaping teaspoon of the filling toward the front of a circle of pierogi dough. Moisten the edges of the dough with water, and fold in half around filling to form a semicircle, firmly pinching the edges closed. Set aside on a lightly floured baking sheet. Continue to fill and form pierogi, keeping them covered with plastic wrap, until all the dough has been used.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, and add half the pierogi. Boil gently until they float to the surface, about 2 minutes, and continue cooking for another 3 to 4 minutes. Drain, and repeat with remaining pierogi. Serve immediately.
WILD MUSHROOM PIEROGIES
Categories Mushroom Onion Vegetable Brunch Dinner Lunch Fall Winter Boil Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 6 (main course) servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Make filling:
- Pour boiling water over porcini in a small bowl and soak until softened,10 to 20 minutes. Lift porcini out of water, squeezing excess liquid back into bowl, and rinse well to remove any grit. Pour soaking liquid through a paper-towel-lined sieve into a bowl and reserve.
- Finely chop onion and garlic in a food processor, then add cremini and porcini and pulse until very finely chopped.
- Heat butter in a skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook mushroom mixture, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are dry and 1 shade darker, about 8 minutes. Add reserved soaking liquid and simmer, stirring frequently, until mixture is thick, dry, and beginning to brown, about 15 minutes (there will be about 1 cup filling). Stir in parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Cool completely.
- Roll out dough and fill pierogies:
- Halve dough and roll out 1 piece on a lightly floured surface into a 15-inch round, keeping remaining dough wrapped. Cut out rounds (about 24) with floured cutter. Put 1 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Working with 1 round at a time, moisten edges with water and fold in half to form a half-moon, pinching edges together to seal. Transfer pierogies as assembled to a flour-dusted kitchen towel. Repeat with remaining rounds, then make more pierogies with remaining dough and filling.
- Cook onions and pierogies:
- Cook onions in butter in a large heavy skillet over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.
- Cook pierogies in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water until tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to skillet with onions. Toss gently to coat and serve immediately.
POLISH WILD MUSHROOM PIEROGIES
From Bear to Marianne - our lovable Polish foodie. Note from Bear - Filled pierogies can be frozen 1 month. Freeze on a tray until firm, about 2 hours, then freeze in sealable plastic bags. Thaw before cooking. I recommend doubling this and making a gi-normous batch with friends - freeze & share amongst the crew. It's fidgety but fun when working with a crew - have the dough resting & filling made & cooled when the crew arrives.
Provided by Busters friend
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 2h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the Pierogi/Varenko Dough:.
- Stir together flours in a bowl. Make a well in flour and add eggs,.
- salt, and water, then stir together with a fork without touching.
- flour. Continue stirring, gradually incorporating flour into well.
- until a soft dough forms. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work.
- surface and knead, adding only as much additional flour as needed to.
- keep dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
- (Dough will be soft.) Cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room.
- temperature at least 30 minutes.
- Note: Bring to room temperature before using if storing in fridge overnight.
- For filling: Pour boiling water over porcini in a small bowl and soak.
- until softened,10 to 20 minutes. Lift porcini out of water, squeezing.
- excess liquid back into bowl, and rinse well to remove any grit. Pour.
- soaking liquid through a paper-towel- lined sieve into a bowl and.
- reserve.
- Finely chop onion and garlic in a food processor, then add cremini and.
- porcini and pulse until very finely chopped. Heat butter in a skillet.
- over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook mushroom mixture,.
- stirring frequently, until mushrooms are dry and 1 shade darker, about.
- 8 minutes. Add reserved soaking liquid and simmer, stirring.
- frequently, until mixture is thick, dry, and beginning to brown, about.
- 15 minutes (there will be about 1 cup filling). Stir in parsley and.
- salt and pepper to taste. Cool completely.
- Roll out dough and fill pierogies: Halve dough and roll out 1 piece on.
- a lightly floured surface into a 15-inch round, keeping remaining.
- dough wrapped. Cut out rounds (about 24) with floured cookie cutter. Put 1.
- teaspoon filling in center of each round. Working with 1 round at a.
- time, moisten edges with water and fold in half to form a half-moon,.
- pinching edges together to seal. Transfer pierogies as assembled to a.
- flour-dusted kitchen towel. Repeat with remaining rounds, then make.
- more pierogies with remaining dough and filling.
- If freezing, place on flat sheet & freeze then store in airtight Ziploc bags.
- Cook onions and pierogies: Cook onions in butter in a large heavy.
- skillet over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until golden.
- brown, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.
- Cook pierogies in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water until.
- tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to skillet.
- with onions. Toss gently to coat and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 394.4, Fat 20.7, SaturatedFat 12.3, Cholesterol 115.3, Sodium 343, Carbohydrate 44.5, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 5.5, Protein 8.9
PIEROGIES WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE
Steps:
- In a large pot, bring enough water to cover the pierogies to a boil. Place pierogies in boiling water and cook through. Remove pierogies from heat and strain. In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the sliced mushrooms and stir until they are coated with butter. Add the chopped onion to the skillet and saute until the onions are soft and the mushrooms begin to give up their liquid. Remove the skillet from heat and add the sour cream and stir until just combined.
- In another skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the cooked pierogies to the skillet and saute until browned. Transfer the pierogies to a serving platter and spoon the mushroom sauce on top.
WILD MUSHROOM PEROGIES
This is a fantastic recipe that I got from Canadian Living Magazine. There have only been slight modifications. Labour intensive but worth the time and the perogies freeze execellent.
Provided by Tres Piernas Hombre
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h45m
Yield 40 perogies, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- DOUGH: In bowl, whisk flour with salt. In separate bowl, beat together egg, water and oil; stir into flour mixture to make soft but not sticky dough that holds together in ball. If necessary, add more water, 1 tbsp at a time, being careful not to make dough sticky.
- Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead just until smooth, about 5 minutes. Divide in half.
- Cover with plastic wrap or damp tea towel; let rest for 20 minutes.
- MUSHROOM FILLING: Meanwhile, in heatproof bowl, cover dried mushrooms with boiling water. Let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain, Chop mushrooms finely.
- In skillet, melt butter over medium heat; cook soaked and fresh mushrooms and minced onion, stirring often, until tender and liquid has evaporated, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool slightly.
- Stir in dill, egg yolk, salt and pepper.
- Working with half of the dough at a time and keeping remainder covered to prevent drying out, roll out on lightly floured surface to about 1/16-inch thickness.
- With 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out rounds. Place 1 tsp of the filling on centre of each round.
- Lightly moisten edge of half of each round with water. Fold in half; pinch edges together to seal and crimp attractively.
- Place on tea towel-lined rimmed baking sheets; cover with damp towel to prevent drying out. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 8 hours.
- In large pot of boiling salted water, cook perogies, in batches and stirring gently to prevent sticking together or to bottom of pot, until they float to top, about 2 minutes. transfer to colander to drain.
- In large skillet, melt butter over medium heat; cook sliced onion until golden, about 5 minutes. Add perogies; toss to coat and warm through. Serve with sour cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 356.2, Fat 17.2, SaturatedFat 9.1, Cholesterol 81.8, Sodium 516, Carbohydrate 42.8, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 2.4, Protein 8.2
Tips:
- To get the best flavor from the mushrooms, use a variety of fresh, wild mushrooms. If you can't find wild mushrooms, you can use a mix of cremini, shiitake, and oyster mushrooms.
- Be sure to clean the mushrooms thoroughly before using them. Use a damp cloth to wipe away any dirt or debris.
- If you don't have time to make the pierogi dough from scratch, you can use a store-bought dough. Just be sure to thaw it completely before using it.
- When rolling out the dough, be sure to dust it with flour to prevent it from sticking to the surface.
- To make sure the pierogi are cooked evenly, boil them in a large pot of salted water. The pierogi are done when they float to the top of the pot.
- Serve the pierogi with your favorite toppings, such as butter, sour cream, or fried onions.
Conclusion:
Pierogi are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They're perfect for a quick and easy meal or a special occasion dinner. With a little planning and effort, you can make pierogi that are just as good as anything you'd find in a restaurant. So next time you're looking for a new and exciting dish to try, give pierogi a try. You won't be disappointed!
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