Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki)

My Family's Favorite Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki) - my girls love to cook them for dinner!  They love rolling the dough out and folding it into a delicious funny looking pierogi shapes.

We make these vareniki often, they are so good with bacon and  green onion, oh, and a scoop of sour cream of coarse... Mmmm mmm!

Potato Pierogi

Now, imagine frying these potato pierogi next day, if you get lucky to have left overs, so crispy & yummy!  I got the dough recipe from a talented food blogger Natasha.

The pierogi filling comes from my childhood, it is my mom's favorite filling when making vareniki.

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Ingredients YOU will need to make Pierogi Dough:

• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoon sour cream
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup whole milk
• 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus about 1 cup more for dusting

Ingredients YOU will need to make Potato Filling:

• 3-5 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 onion, peeled and finely diced
• salt and pepper to taste

Other Ingredients:

• water
• salt
• butter, to taste
• bacon crumbs, 100% optional
• green onion, chopped - 100% optional

How to make Pierogi (Vareniki):

First, in a stand mixer, whisk 1 egg and 2 tablespoons of sour cream. Then, add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of whole milk, whisk.

Change the whisk attachment to a hook attachment, and mix in 5 cups of flour on slow speed, 1 cup at a time. Mix for 10 minutes.

Remove from the stand mixer onto a floured surface, cover with a plastic wrap or a bowl and let the dough rest in the room temperature for about 40 min.Divide the dough into 8 pieces, roll out 1 dough piece into a big circle, using glass cup press it over the dough to form perfect same size circles.

Place 1 teaspoon of the potato filling in the center of the circle. Fold in half and using a fork press over the dough. Now, place your pierogi on the floured surface until they are ready to be cooked.

Fill a big pot with water and bring it to a boil, add salt.

Drop pierogies into the pot and bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to medium heat and cook for 3-5 minutes, or until the potato is cooked thru inside the pierogi.

Using a slotted spoon, remove the pierogies from the water into the bowl and add butter. Sprinkle cooked bacon crumbs and green onion. Enjoy!

How to Make Potato Pierogi Filling:

Dice 3 potatoes and 1 onion into tiny cubes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste, give it a good mix, then place the filling into the sifter over the bowl. It is ready to be used.

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Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki)

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These Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe is good with bacon and green onion, oh, and a scoop of sour cream of coarse. Mmmm mmm! Now, imagine frying these potato pierogi next day, if you get lucky to have left overs, so crispy & yummy!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 2 hours hrs

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course Dinner

Cuisine Russian

Servings 6

Calories 431 kcal

Equipment

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  dutch oven

Ingredients

  

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Dough Ingredients:

• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 2 tablespoon sour cream
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ 1 cup whole milk
• ▢ 5 cups all-purpose flour plus about 1 cup more for dusting

Ingredients for the filling:

• ▢ 3 potatoes peeled and diced
• ▢ 1 onion peeled and finely diced
• ▢ salt and pepper to taste

Other ingredients:

• ▢ water
• ▢ salt
• ▢ butter to taste
• ▢ bacon crumbs 100% optional
• ▢ green onion chopped - 100% optional

Instructions

 

• In a stand mixer, whisk 1 egg and 2 tablespoons of sour cream. Add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of whole milk, whisk. Change the whisk attachment to a hook attachment, and mix in 5 cups of flour on slow speed, 1 cup at a time. Mix for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the stand mixer onto a floured surface, cover with a plastic wrap or a bowl and let the dough rest in the room temperature for about 40 min.
• Divide the dough into 8 pieces, roll out 1 dough piece into a big circle, using glass cup press it over the dough to form perfect same size circles.
• Place 1 teaspoon of the potato filling in the center of the circle. Fold in half and using a fork press over the dough. Now, place your pierogi on the floured surface until they are ready to be cooked.
• Fill a big pot with water and bring it to a boil, add salt. Drop pierogies into the pot and bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to medium heat and cook for 3-5 minutes, or until the potato is cooked thru inside the pierogi.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the pierogies from the water into the bowl and add butter. Sprinkle cooked bacon crumbs and green onion. Enjoy!

To Make Filling:

• Dice 3 potatoes and 1 onion into tiny cubes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste, give it a good mix, then place the filling into the sifter over the bowl. It is ready to be used.

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 431kcalCarbohydrates: 83gProtein: 13gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 33mgPotassium: 216mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 136IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 5mg

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