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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!

Delicious Potato Pierogi (Vareniki)

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 Tbsp 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

egg oil and sour cream in a mixing bowlHow 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.

flour added to the batter

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.

the dough is kneading
pierogi dough

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.

dough rounds

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.

Potato Pierogi are being made

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

Potato Pierogi cooking in a pot of water

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.

Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki)

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

chopped potato 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.

Delicious Potato Pierogi with bacon and green onion topping
Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki) - www.MunchkinTime.com 2018

Delicious Potato Pierogi Recipe (Vareniki)

Love Keil
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
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Russian
Servings 6
Calories 431 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Dough Ingredients:

  • 1 large egg
  • 2 Tbsp 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.

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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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2 Comments

  1. You write to put the potatoes in a sifter. The correct word is a sieve. A sifter is a device used to remove lumps from flour. A sieve is used to drain liquid from something solid, like potatoes.

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