Pierogi Party

Cooking Classes Part Duex: Pierogi

My girlfriends and I signed up for another cooking class - this time Pierogies: Blueberry, Meat, Cheese & Potato

Ingredients for the Pastry: 

• 1 kg of flour
• 2-3 eggs
• a little salt
• warm water

Steps:

• Mix ingridients and knead it
• Make a thin cake dough with using a rolling pin
• Cut off small circles (trick: use a cup for the circles)
• Fill the pastry with filling
• Pinch the edges 
• Cook in salt water about 3 minutes from when they are on the surface

Cheese and Potato Filling: 

•  250-300 grams of semi-skimmed (semi-hard) cottage cheese
• 1 -1.5 kilo old potatoes
• A little salt
• Peel & cut potatoes 
• Cook potatoes in salt water, drain & smash
• Once potatoes have cooled, add cottage cheese and salt & pepper to taste
• Topping: Bacon & sauteed onion (typical for Day 1) or Sour Cream (typical for day old)

 Meat Filling: 

• 300-500kg of cooked meat 
• 1 large onion
• Marjoram 
• Salt
• Pepper
• Mix meat with fried onion. Add a sprinkling of Marjoram and salt & pepper to taste
• Topping: Bacon and onion

Blueberry Filling: 

• 2 cups of blueberries (note: You can use any fruit you wish for this)
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• Butter 
• Cinnamon
• Add a little sugar to the blueberries and fill. 
• Topping: Melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon