Mushroom & Potato Pierogi

mushroom and potato pierogi

Pierogi are dumplings of unleavened dough – first boiled, and then they are baked or fried usually in butter, traditionally stuffed with potato filling. Pierogi is Eastern European version of stuffed dough.

Ingredients

For filling

Mushrooms                               8 – 9 nos

Potatoes boiled                          3 nos

Finely chopped onion                 2 – 3 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

Crushed black pepper                to taste

Butter                                       1 tbsp

For dough

All purpose flour                        2 cup

Cream cheese                           2 tbsp

Yogurt                                      1 tbsp

Butter                                       2 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

Method

In a pan, heat oil and add onion and sauté. Then add crushed black pepper, chopped mushroom and stir well.

Now add chopped boiled potato and butter and mix well.          

prepared filling

For dough in a bowl add all purpose flour, cream cheese, yogurt, butter salt and whisked eggs then mix well with required water and make dough.

Now roll out the dough and with the help of cutter, cut it in medium round.

cut in round

Then stuff it with prepared filling and seal it with butter.

Heat water in a pan and boil pierogi for 1 – 1 ½ minutes.

Now in another pan heat olive oil and fry the boiled pierogi from both sides till light brown.

after biol fry the pierogi

Garnish the pierogi with sour cream and dill leaves.