How to make Pierogi Ruskie - Polish Dumplings

Watch how to make pierogis, the outrageously tasty Polish dumplings filled with cheesy, creamy mashed potatoes served with a onion butter sauce. They are even more delicious than they sound!

Excellent weekend project - eat some today and freeze some for later. They cook from frozen!

Pierogi Ruskies - Polish dumplings

FILLING:
500g / 1lb potato, peeled sliced 1cm/ 1/2” thick
30g/2tbsp butter
1 cup (100g) shredded cheddar (or tasty, Colby, Gruyère) OR quark (if you can get your hands on this traditional cheese)
1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper

Boil potatoes with 1 tbsp salt until soft. Mash with remaining ingredients. Spread on try/plate, cover with cling wrap touching then fully cook before use.

DOUGH:
Mix 2 cups (300g) plain flour + 1 tsp cooking/kosher salt. Melt 50g/3 tbsp butter in 1/2 cup water. Make well in flour, pour in and add 1 whisked egg. Mix, turn out, knead in floured work surface 5 min or until smooth. Cling wrap, rest 30 min. Roll out 3mm/ 1/8” thick. Cut out 7.5cm/3” rounds.

WRAP: Put 1 tbsp filling on round, brush edge with water and fold over to seal, pinching firmly.

COOK:
1. Sauté 1 chopped onion with 30g/2 tbsp butter 10 min until golden, remove into bowl.
2. Bring large pot of water to boil with 1 tbsp salt. Boil 10 pierogis for 5 min or until they float. Scoop out mugful of water, then scoop out pierogi.
3. Melt 25g/1.5 tbsp butter in skillet. Add pierogi, 1/3 onion butter and 2 tbsp cooking water, toss 1 min until coated. Serve with dollop of sour cream, sprinkled with parsley! (These quantities are to cook 10 Pierogi at a time, don’t try to boil more at the same time, they need room to bounce around in water!)

COOKING MORE: boil pierogi in batches of 10, then reheat them for 30 sec before tossing in very large skillet or pot with the melted butter. FREEZE uncooked Pierogi and cook from frozen!

[agatawitecka]

It's nice to see that you make a Polish classic like: Russian dumplings( Pierogi Ruskie not from Russia 😉 ). probably the most popular and liked dumplings except dumplings with meat. As a Polish woman, I will tell you the secret to a real, delicious stuffing for dumplings: boiled, beaten, cooled potatoes, fatty white cheese (farmer cheese or cottage cheese), the proportions can be half and half. fried onion, a pinch of dried mint for better digestion and, of course, salt and pepper. great taste I recommend Nagi. greetings from Ireland 💚😗

[kisutis]

Ruskie actually means “Ruthenian”. The origins of the dish’s name actually lie not in Russia but in Ruthenia, a historical region that spans what is now western Ukraine and southeastern Poland.

[apple]

In Poland we use cottage cheese instead of normal one, also is called Ruskie becouse of the region in Poland not becouse its Russian :)

[meatwad]

If some of you would like to save some money, you can use an empty 12-oz tuna can to cut circles in the dough. That's what I use. I have one of those can openers that cuts the top off of a can instead of just cutting a hole in the top of it. It leaves you with a smooth surface around the top of a can that won't cut your fingers. This makes slightly larger pierogies but, to me, that's a good thing. It's less time-consuming to make 30 large pierogies than 45 small ones.

[rchuyck]

I love pierogi's, can be filled with most anything, we add sauerkraut to the filling at times. Thanks for posting this!

[nilabakery]

The way you incorporate different techniques and flavors really sets this recipe apart. You've definitely elevated my cooking game! 👌👌🤗🥰

[SoleildePerez]

They look delicious! Thank you, for this recipe! 🥔🥔🥔

[paulieplayspoorly]

Ooh... mashed potato, dough, and fried onions, all the food groups covered in one hit. If I hadn't had a huge bowl of Mexican Corn Salad for lunch I'd be into these now.
Still, waiting is half the pleasure, said somebody who wasn't hungry.

[MaryanneWolf-yx]

Farmers cheese tastes magnificent.. after you boil them fry them in butter and onions ..yummm

[RozsądnaPV]

Nonono. Into the middle go mashed potatoes, white cheese, fried onions. Not yellow cheese and butter :)

[KarolinaKolodziejczyk-ri]

Potatoes and cottage cheese are both essential for ruskie pierogi.

[ЛюдаБурцева-йс]

Спасибо Вам! В России, это вареники с картошкой ! Вкусно !👍👍Thank you! In Russia, these are dumplings with potatoes! Tasty !

[hiorahiota]

Pierogi definitely needs cottage cheese, that's what makes them special and tastes so good :). But definitely this version looks tasty ❤

[elsamere]

These look delicious. I will try making them. But will add sautéed scallions on top before eating. And definitely have sour cream on the side. Yum!!

[Labilna]

Adding an egg to the pierogi dough makes it firmer. All you need is flour, salt, oil and hot water. And, of course, we use cottage cheese, not yellow cheese 😅

[Lila-BeamMeUpAlready]

Tmrw I MAKE this !!!

Each time someone likes or comments to my comment. Be it a reminder for me to make it AGAIN

I’m so more hungry after watching this 😭

[natasha]

Ах, отличный рецепт! Вкус детства! Спасибо, что напомнили, давно не готовила, пойду сделаю. Вся наша семья обожает Ваши рецепты! Процветания Вам! ❤

[Nik-tium]

🇺🇦 This Ukrainian dish is called vareniki.
very tasty, they are also prepared with cottage cheese, cherries, meat and others

[TheBoredTraveler]

I'm gonna try make it, I had a crush on my coworker, maybe she will like this 🥹🥹

[TheMusicPinkLover]

I FOUND THE ACTUAL RECIPE FOR RUSKI DUMPLINGS ... HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE NOW THANK