Potato Pierogi Recipe
Classic Pierogi Recipe with a cheesy bacon potato filling. The pierogis are boiled and served with sauteed onion and bacon and some sour cream
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
dough-
- 1 recipe for classic peirogi dough
filling-
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- 2 lbs potatoes (Idaho or Russett)
- 1 tsp salt
- 16 oz bacon, cooked and divided
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 cups cheese
- 2 Tbsp dill, chopped
- 2 Tbsp sour cream
- sour cream, to serve
Instructions
pierogi dough-
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Make a batch of our classic peirogi dough.
prepare the filling-
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Peel and clean potatoes and quarter.
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Cook potatoes in a pot with water and salt until fully cooked. Drain water.
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Cube the bacon into small pieces.
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When the bacon is halfway cooked add onions and cook until fully cooked, stir in butter until it melts.
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Mash potatoes. Add half of the cooked bacon and onions (with the grease), cheese, chopped dill, and sour cream. Mix until fully incorporated.
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Set aside.
make pierogi-
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Divide dough into two balls. Leave one out to use and keep the second one covered.
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Generously flour working surface. Roll out the first dough to about 15-16 inches in diameter.
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Take a drinking glass or cookie cutter with and make indentations in the dough. Push all the way through.
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Remove the dough you will not be using and place in freezer bags or over with plastic, so it does not dry up.
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Add potato filling to the shaped dough.
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Fold the side of the dough together and pinch to seal in the filling.
cook pierogis-
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To cook the pierogis, bring water to a boil (the amount will depend on how much perogies you will be adding). Season water with salt.
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Once the water starts boiling add the perogies. Once they float to the top, cook another 3-4 minutes. Don’t overcook or else the filling will start to come out and the dough will fall apart.
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Drain the water from the pierogi.
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Add the sauteed bacon and onion over the pierogis and serve with sour cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 678kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 12gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 578mgPotassium: 414mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 296IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 166mgIron: 3mg
