PIEROGI RUSKIE (POTATO AND CHEESE PIEROGI)
Pierogi are always on the menu at milk bars, historic Polish restaurants that were once socialist canteens. This recipe for pierogi ruskie, stuffed with potatoes and cheese, comes from the Bar Prasowy, which is one of the most famous milk bars in Warsaw, and a place where fist-size dumplings can be filled with mushrooms and meat, spinach and cheese, or any number of combinations. These pierogi can be made from kitchen staples, though you'd be doing yourself a favor if you sought out the salty quark cheese that would be used in Poland. Be patient with your first few pierogi: Sealing the filling inside the dumpling takes some practice, but the practice itself is enjoyable. You can snack on the pierogi straight after boiling, or pan-fry them with butter until crisp and serve with barszcz, a light Polish borscht.
Provided by Amelia Nierenberg
Categories dinner, dumplings, project, vegetables, appetizer, main course, side dish
Time 1h30m
Yield 24 to 30 pierogi
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Prepare the dough: Add the flour and salt to a large bowl; whisk to combine. In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup water and the butter over medium-high until butter is melted, about 3 minutes. Pour the buttery liquid into the flour gradually, stirring it in as you add it. (The dough will be quite crumbly and flaky at this point, like a biscuit dough.) Stir in the egg until combined then move the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, 5 to 7 minutes. Cover the dough with a dampened towel or plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Prepare the filling: Peel the potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes. Add them to a large pot, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon salt and cover with cold water by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil over high and continue to cook at a simmer until potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
- While the potatoes cook, prepare the onions: In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high. Add the onions, season generously with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown and softened, about 12 minutes. Set aside about 1 cup of onions for garnish and add the rest to a medium bowl.
- Transfer the cooked potatoes to a colander to drain, then transfer to the medium bowl with the onions. Add the cheese, stir to combine, season generously with salt and pepper, then let cool.
- Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over high.
- Prepare the wrappers: Cut the dough into two even pieces. (You'll want to leave one piece under the towel to stay moist while you work with the other piece.) You'll also want a small bowl of flour, a small bowl of water and a towel handy for keeping your hands clean. Dust some flour onto a baking sheet (for holding the pierogi) and your work surface, then roll out one portion of dough until 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3-inch cookie cutter or inverted glass, punch 12 to 15 disks of dough. (Save and refrigerate the scraps to boil as a rustic pasta, in soup or another use.)
- Assemble the pierogi: Working with one disk at time, spoon a scant tablespoon of filling onto the middle of it. Fold the dough in half to enclose the filling, bringing the edges together to form a crescent shape. Pinch the two sides together at the top, then work your way down on both sides, pinching the dough over the filling and pushing in the filling as needed, making sure the potato mixture does not break the seal. If needed, you can dip your fingertip into water and moisten the dough in spots as needed to help the two sides adhere together.
- To form a rustic pattern on the curved seal, pinch the rounded rim underneath using your pointer finger and middle finger and press an indentation on top with your thumb, working your way along the rounded rim. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet. (If you've gotten some filling on your fingers, dip your fingertips into the bowl of water then dry them off on the towel.)
- Repeat with remaining disks, then repeat the entire process with the remaining portion of dough. You'll want to work fairly quickly, as the pierogi can be harder to seal if they start to dry out. (If cooking the pierogi at a later point, transfer them on the baking sheet to the freezer until frozen solid, then transfer the pierogi to a resealable bag and freeze.)
- To cook the pierogi, add a single layer of pierogi to the pot of boiling water. Let them cook until they rise to the surface, about 2 minutes, then cook another 2 to 3 minutes until puffy. (With frozen dumplings, you will need to increase the cooking time by a couple of minutes.) Use a slotted spoon to transfer cooked dumplings to a colander to drain, then boil remaining dumplings.
- If you want to pan-fry your pierogi, working in batches, melt 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium-high until crackling. Add a few boiled pierogi in a single layer to avoid overcrowding, and cook until crisp and golden, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining pierogi, adding butter as needed.
- Serve hot. Top with any browned butter from the pan, warmed reserved onions, sour cream and herbs.
POLISH POTATO & CHEESE PIEROGI "RUSKIE"
These classic Potato & Cheese Pierogi are everything you want in a dumpling: plump and pleasantly chewy, filled with soft potatoes and farmer's cheese, nicely flavoured with fried onions and spices. Also known as: Potato Pierogi, Russian Pierogi
Provided by Kasia
Categories Polish Main Courses
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Choose one of the dough recipes from here, or follow this basic instruction below.
- Sift the flour onto your work surface, make a well in the flour heap.
- Pour in a small amount of hot water. Knead together, adding more water gradually, so that the dough to becomes elastic and soft.
- Cut the dough into parts. Take one part and roll it into a thin layer of dough. Cut it into circles using a glass.
- Peel the potatoes, rinse, place in a pot. Add salt, cover with cold water and bring to a boil. Cook under tender.
- Strain, put them back in the pot and mash them thoroughly while still hot. Make a smooth mass without lumps. Cool completely.
- Crush the cheese with a fork. Mix with potatoes, season with salt and pepper.
- Salt the pot of water, bring to boil.
- Reduce the heat. Drop pierogi in, 5-7 at the time. Cook for a few minutes (5-6) until the dumplings start to float. Collect with a slotted spoon. Continue until all pierogi are cooked.
- Peel & chop the onion. Melt some butter on a frying pan. Add the onion and brown it a bit.
- Add pierogi to the frying pan and fry them until golden.
- Serve on the plate. Top with remaining butter/onion mixture.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams unsaturated fat
POLISH POTATO PIEROGI (PIEROGI RUSKIE)
This is the way my mama taught me! Please don't omit reading my tips for the steps :) The name Ruskie Pierogi (meaning Russian Pierogi), does not mean these are Russian! It is just the way potato pierogi are called. My mom called the sauerkraut pierogi Polskie Pierogi (Polish Pierogi), so these names might just be how she...
Provided by Monica H
Categories Other Side Dishes
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- 1. Make the filling first: Boil potatoes. Saute onions in olive oil or 1/2 stick butter. Mash potatoes with onions, farmers cheese, 1 stick salted butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Don't omit the pepper!
- 2. Store potato filling in fridge until well chilled / overnight.
- 3. Make the dough: Sift flour and salt together. In large bowl or on floured surface, make a hole in the middle of the flour.
- 4. Add egg and sour cream. Work this together with your hands. Pour water in as needed, to make dough moist.
- 5. Work this well until dough forms. Your arm may hurt and your fingers may get really sticky, but it is worth it.
- 6. Place dough in plastic bowl and cover with plastic top, or leave on floured work surface and cover with plastic bowl. Let it rest for about 30 minutes in room temp.
- 7. In the meantime, set up your workstation. You will need a large pot of salted water, slotted spoon, 1-2 sticks salted butter in saute pan, baking dish with a cover (for when you remove pierogi from pot), small cup of water, extra flour, sharp knife, rolling pin, and regular spoon for spooning filling, and floured plate for storing your raw pierogi.
- 8. After 30 minutes, take out your dough. Begin to boil your pot of salted water.
- 9. Slice off some of the dough. On a floured surface, roll dough out into as much of a square as possible. Make the dough about 1 millimeter, to 1 1/2 millimeter thick.
- 10. Slice dough sheet into squares (this doesn't have to be perfect size!). TIP: hold dough with two fingers while slicing, to prevent dough from clumping up...see pic!)
- 11. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of filling into the middle of square. TIP: Don't have any filling touching the sides. If you do, sides won't hold properly when pinching them together later on.
- 12. Dip fingertips into warm water. Slide along the sides of the square. Fold over, and pinch together. TIP: Do this gently and don't tear the dough, and don't let filling slip onto the edge. This will help pierogi not fall apart in cooking.
- 13. Place pierogi on floured plate. Repeat steps until you have about 8-10 pierogi ready for the pot. TIP - don't overcrowd pot with too many pierogi because they won't have room to move around and cook properly.
- 14. Once you have them ready, and pot of salted water is boiling, drop pierogi into the pot one by one, stirring the water after each drop. TIP: Stir the WATER, trying not to touch the pierogi. You want to babysit this and constantly stir, to prevent pierogi from sticking to pot, and to each other.
- 15. Wait for pierogi to float to top. Boil them for 10-12 minutes, stirring water often. TIP - after ten minutes, take one out to test it, meaning cut it open and taste if dough is done.
- 16. In the meantime, melt 1-2 sticks of salted butter. Pour some into baking dish you have ready on the side, to collect your done pierogi.
- 17. Once done, carefully fish out your pierogi with slotted spoon into buttered baking dish.
- 18. Pour butter all over pierogi after each set you make. Slosh them around in the dish so they don't stick together. Keep dish covered whenever you can so they don't dry out.
- 19. TIP: If your pierogi break in the water, and your water starts to get dirty from the bits of filling floating around in it, start over with a new pot of boiling salter water.
- 20. TIP: When not using your dough, keep covered with plastic to keep it from drying out.
- 21. Enjoy!
PIEROGI RUSKIE: POTATO-CHEESE PIEROGI
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Parboil the potatoes in a large saucepan by covering them with cold water and adding 1 tablespoon of salt.
- Bring the potatoes to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low, cover with a lid, and simmer for 30 minutes, or until fork-tender. Drain and let cool slightly.
- While the potatoes are parboiling, place the butter in a small pan, add the onion, and sauté over medium-low heat for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Peel the cooked potatoes, place them in a large bowl, and mash them with a fork or potato ricer .
- Add the sautéed onion and farmer cheese to the potatoes and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Gather the ingredients.
- Place 2 cups of flour in a large bowl or on a work surface and make a well in the center.
- Break the egg into it, then add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup of lukewarm water, a little at a time.
- Bring the dough together, kneading well and adding the remaining flour or water as needed to form a smooth dough ball.
- Divide the dough in half and cover it with a bowl or towel. Let it rest 20 minutes.
- Assemble the pierogi on a floured work surface by rolling out the dough to 1/8 inch in thickness. Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, make small circles.
- Spoon 1 1/2 teaspoons of the filling onto the middle of each circle.
- Fold the dough in half to form a half-circle shape and then firmly pinch the edges together.
- Sprinkle a baking sheet with flour and place the filled pierogi on it in a single layer. Keep the formed pierogi under a clean kitchen towel to stop them from drying.
- Gather scraps, reroll, and fill until you've used all of the first half of the dough. Repeat the process with the remaining half of dough.
- Cook the pierogi by bringing a large, low saucepan of salted water to a rapid boil. Depending on the size of your pot, drop in about 6 to 10 pierogi at a time, making sure not to overcrowd the pot. Return the water to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. When the pierogi rise to the surface, continue to simmer a few more minutes. It should take around 5 to 6 minutes for the pierogi to be cooked.
- With a slotted spoon taste one, and if done, remove the remaining pierogi to a platter greased with some of the butter for serving. This will prevent the pierogi from sticking to each other.
- Serve warm with caramelized onions , skwarki, or crispy bits of bacon and a dollop of sour cream. Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 319 kcal, Carbohydrate 44 g, Cholesterol 46 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 10 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 813 mg, Sugar 2 g, Fat 11 g, ServingSize 60 pierogi (10 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
RUSKIE PIEROGI (PIEROGI WITH CHEESE & POTATO FILLING)
A popular Polish dish similar to dumplings or ravioli. pronounced pyeh-RAW-ghee (this is the plural form, just one is called pierog, but they're so good you'll almost never eat just one.) Pierogi can be made with a wide variety of fillings, but the most common are minced cooked meat, sauerkraut & mushrooms, cheese and potatoes, sweet cheese (usually with a touch of vanilla) and blueberries (in summer). Other fillings include buckwheat groats, potatoes & onions and lentils. Common toppings include fried fat-back nuggets, sour cream, melted butter or butter-browned bread crumbs.
Provided by littleturtle
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 24 pierogi, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Combine all of the ingredients listed under filling and refrigerate until ready to assemble pierogi.
- Combine flour, salt and butter in food processor.
- In a separate bowl, blend together egg, egg yolk, milk and sour cream.
- Add egg mixture to flour mixture and process until dough cleans sides of bowl and sticks together (the dough will be slightly sticky).
- Remove from processor, shape into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill for 3 hours or overnight.
- Cut dough into thirds; roll each section out on floured surface into 12" round.
- Cut each round into 8 (3") circles (using a glass works well).
- Place about 2 tsp filling on each dough circle.
- Moisten outer edges with water and fold dough over to close.
- Seal edges by pressing gently with the back of a fork or pinching together with your fingers.
- In large pot, bring salted water to boil.
- Cook 12 pierogi at a time, reducing heat to a gentle boil; boil until pierogi float to the surface (about 5 minutes).
- Remove with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towel and transfer to serving dish.
- Repeat with remaining pierogi.
- At this point you can serve them warm, freeze them for later use or fry them in butter over medium heat, lightly browning both sides before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 550.1, Fat 16.7, SaturatedFat 8.7, Cholesterol 166.9, Sodium 752.6, Carbohydrate 79.7, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 6.5, Protein 19.6
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