Thursday, February 24, 2011

Pirogies!!

Here's something for pretty much everyone.  Home made pirogies.

I know you all have probably bought the frozen variety, mostly due to convenience, but, if you have a bit of time on the weekends or something, you can make your own, and actually put what you want in them, instead of dealing with the store supplied fillings.

What you will need:

Dough:

2 cups flour
a tsp of salt
enough water to make it into a pliable dough

Now mix all these together...the water is subjective so just add a little at a time until it forms a dough.  Then knead this dough. and let rest

Filling:

1lb of potatoes, peeled and mashed.

Now what I like to put in it is a mixture of stuff

I take some bacon, cut it up and fry it until crisp with some minced onions so they caramalize.  Then I mix in with the already hot mashed potatoes, some garlic spread,  the bacon, the onions, a bit of grated sharp cheddar cheese, and a dollop of sour cream and some minced chives.

Now,  Roll out the pirogie dough on a floured surface so it's about 1/4-1/8" thick..not too thick but not too thin.  Take a glass or a small plastic cup and cut out circles.  Put a tablespoon of your potato mixture in the middle of each of the circles, then take your finger, put it in some warm water and trace the outside of each circle before folding them in half and pinching the pirogies shut.

Cook in boiling water until they float.  If you want,  you can freeze them for later, or toss in butter/bacon/chives and serve with sour cream!

36 comments:

  1. I can't read this without a little drool emitting from my mouth. I have no time this weekend :(

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  2. nice recipe, will try this once

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  3. Making me starve, I haven't eaten breakfast yet today.

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  4. Oh hell yeah! love making my own foods.

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  5. omg, i had these when i went to my friends house and he made them with dinner. they are to die for.

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  6. I've never seen this stuff, im saving this to a txt

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  7. Nice recipe. Now I just need someone else to make them for me.

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  8. that's for the recipe, might try these out next time i'm looking for something to bake!

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  9. These taste great.
    My girlfriend makes these and at first I thought that the idea of boiled dough sounded horrible, but they taste really good.
    Thanks for the recipe

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  10. pirogies are the best, great recipe

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  11. Great recipie man. Ill be sure to give it a try.

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  12. im going to try this tomorrow. thanks for the recipe.

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  13. I have a girlfriend who's from Ukraine, and she loves perogies and cooks me many home-made 'veraniki'

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  14. Never heard of perogies, but sounds delicious.

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  15. I love pirogies. I am gonna have to try this recipe out sometime.

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  16. maybe i ll try it, but i ll follow! : ) my hobby is fishing (you can see it in my blog) and i like to cook my own fish : )

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  17. imma try this tonight, i have nothing better to do lol, and like $50 bucks to waste

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  18. PIerogies are freaking awesome with steak of some form

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  19. never heard of pierogies. now i def need to try them

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  20. Sounds tasty, now I've just gotta find a way to convince my wife to ccok these :P

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