How to Make Homemade Pierogies (Potato or Cottage Cheese)

Homemade Pierogies

What I love about pierogies is that you can make them in large batches and then freeze them for a quick and easy delicious meal for anytime you want them. There are no pierogies as good as homemade pierogies and I have never come across a store bought pierogies that were anywhere near as good as these homemade ones are.

Homemade Pierogies Dough Recipe

Mix together:

2 eggs.

1/2 cup warm milk.

1 tbsp salt.

1 tbsp olive oil.

2 1/2 cup flour.

Mix well then knead dough for 10 mins then let it sit for 1/2 hour.

Homemade Pierogies Recipe - Potato Or Cottage Cheese Filling

Homemade Pierogies - Potato Filling

Add salt to the water for boiling the potatoes.

Peel & cut four large Potatoes, put in pot cook until done.

In a cast iron pan, add one stick of butter, one chopped onion, one chopped garlic, and add a pinch of salt pepper. Cook till done then add to bowl.

Fry in the same pan 1/2 cup of hamburger, a pinch of seasoning salt & pepper, cook then add to bowl.

Add a cooked mashed potatoes to bowl and 3 cups of Cheese. Mix well and set aside.

Homemade Pierogies Recipe - Cottage Cheese Filling

Mix all the ingredients together well:

Large container of dry cottage cheese.

1 egg yolk.

A pinch salt & fine pepper.

2 green onions chopped fine.

Homemade Pierogies Recipe - The Cream Sauce

In a pot add one tbsp butter.

1 tbsp flour.

Cook on medium heat for 1 or 2 mins.

Then add 1 C. Cream, pinch of salt & pepper, and pinch nutmeg.

Mix well

Homemade Pierogies Recipe - Putting Them Together

Roll dough out then cut dough into squares.

Fill up each square with your choice of fillings, the potato filling or the cottage cheese filling.

In a large pot boil salted water then add your pierogies.

Cook for 5 to 10 min or until they are floating.

When pierogies are done add cream sauce with chopped green onion or sour cream on top.