oooh! as people have said, these are russian, and yes they are called vareniki when there is potatoes or something of the sort in them. pilmeni are ones with meat. my family members and I are experts at making these, with an assembly line and stuff. it's great fun
i dont think ive ever had any with cottage cheese or onions in them..odd but soudns kinda yummy..not a big fan of those 2 ingredients though but ill try anything
Just to let you know I made your version of this recipe a few times and I think my fiance adores you for it.
Only change was that I added sour cream to the dough.
these look delicious, kinda like ravioli! I'd love to try them out, but i was wondering how much pierogis does this recipe make? feeding how many people? thanks in advance!
Ah! I love these! I lived in Poland for 3 months and I ate them all the time. I'm home now and I have no idea how to make these things! Def going to try these
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I`m from Poland and I`d like to add that you can put almost everything in pierogis. I love them with sauerkraut and mushrooms! But you can also have them with all kind of friut or with cheese and sugar.
They are also rather popular in Czech families as I learned to make them from my grandmother and her parents came from Czechoslovakia. You can use cheddar cheese. You can also fill them with sauerkraut/mushroom filling. Saute the mushrooms first, add kraut and saute then drain well.
These are exactly like the pierogi my polish grandmother used to make. I was always told that the family would make huge batches (enough for grandma, and all the 6 or 7 kids and their families) boil them to do the initial cooking of the dough then freeze them and when they were reheated they always were fried then in butter. I sometimes get the premade ones in the freezer section of the grocery store, but they just are not quite the same.......
Ocassionally got here and saw your message about "pierogi" - being russian i have to say that these are not "pierogi", these are called "vareniki" (smth. that you cook in a boiling water) and pierogi are cooked in oven or fried on a frying pan. That's it=)
Only change was that I added sour cream to the dough.
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we have it every week !
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and are they yummy!
I like pierogi with mustard, Yes it soulds gross but they are sooo good
Anastasia