Pierogi have become so popular that we eat them everywhere in Russia, Latvia & all over Eastern European countries! To me nothing says more comfort food than these yummy potatoes and onion filled dumplings! Vareniki also known as Perogies is a staple Slavic dish for centuries. Although time consuming, they are simple to make with easy to find ingredients.
Once made, the dumplings can be frozen between layers of cling film until needed. Simply cook from frozen. Serve with melted butter and sautéed onions. The recipe has been in the family for generations, with a few alterations of course! Serve plain, or with butter, sour cream, bacon, etc. Perfecting the perogie technique takes time, and after a while, you will develop your own system. They're delicious garnished with some of the fried onion held back from the filling, as well as a drizzle of melted butter or a dollop of sour cream. Eat them as a side dish or serve with a green salad to make them a meal.
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Hey guys! Hello everyone! Welcome to Alla's Yummy Food.
Today I'll show you how to make
vareniki stuffed with mashed potato and caramelized onion
and then topped with crispy bacon on
top. They are literally the best thing ever.
They're so perfect as a comfort food. Yeah,
I wanted to share this recipe with you.
I hope you enjoy it. Now let's get started.
We're going to need buttermilk, warm water,
butter, potatoes, plain white flour, sour cream,
eggs, onions, salt and pepper
and also some bacon or you can use pancetta but
again this is optional if you're making
a vegetarian course. Using a whisk
attachment we're going to add eggs,
buttermilk, warm water and sour cream in
the bowl. We're going to whisk
this for a couple of minutes until it's all
combined. Then we're going to change
our whisk attachment to the dough hook.
Slowly add your sifted flour with salt and mix well.
Keep adding flour one cup
at a time and make sure you get all the sides.
Knead your dough for a good five
to ten minutes. You can always test
the dough if it seems like it's still wet.
Keep adding a few tablespoons of flour at a time
and mixing until it comes
together. Add your dough onto the floured surface
and knead the dough for another
5-10 minutes by hand.
Add more flour and then wrap your dough into cling film and place
it into the fridge to rest for half an hour.
Add your potatoes with the skin into a pan
and add boiling water and cook them for about 20-25 minutes.
Chop your onion nice and fine
and fry it with butter
and oil for about 5-7 minutes until it becomes nice and golden.
Once your potatoes are cooked,
we're going to peel them and put them back into the pan.
some salt and pepper, butter,
your fried onions and mash everything together. Add
more butter and then mash everything once again.
Once the filling is done set
it aside. Take a large piece of your dough.
We're going to roll out one piece
at a time because it does dry out.
Constantly keep adding flour on top and
underneath the dough and roll it out into a nice square.
Take a cookie cutter
and make the same shapes all around the dough.
Then place one teaspoon of your filling in
the middle, pinch both sides from the dough
and then make sure the filling stays inside
and doesn't come out and seal
everything around the edges
and then fold it into a nice shape.
Then take a fork and press around the vareniki
to create a nice beautiful pattern. Add salt
into your boiling water,
mix it through and then add your vareniki one at a time. We're
going to cook them for about five
to seven minutes until they start to float
then we're going to fry them until they golden brown
on both sides for another
five to six minutes in butter
and oil serve your pierogi with crispy
pancetta and caramelized onions and sour cream enjoy
