(Elizabeth always makes the meat filling. She starts with a 3- to 4-pound roast, prepared.)
Course Main Course
Servings 21dumplings
Author Elizabeth Williams
Ingredients
DOUGH:
2½cupsflour
½teaspoonsalt
⅔cup water
2eggsbeaten
1teaspoonbuttermelted
MEAT FILLING:
3–4 cups leftover pot roastground
2onionschopped and sautéed
1egg beaten
CHEESE FILLING:
2cupsdry cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
2egg yolksbeaten
2teaspoonssugar
2teaspoonsbutter
1teaspoongrated onion
Dash salt
SAUERKRAUT FILLING:
1 15-ounce jar sauerkrautdrained
2onionschopped
Butter
Instructions
To prepare dough, combine flour and salt. Make a well in center of flour. Pour water, beaten eggs and butter into well.
Lightly knead dough, just until well mixed. Cover dough with a plate and let rest 10 minutes, while preparing filling.
(Choose a filling. Elizabeth makes the meat one.)
To prepare meat filling, grind leftover pot roast in a food processor. Add onions and egg; mix.
To prepare cheese filling, mix all ingredients.
To prepare sauerkraut filling, sauté onion in butter; add drained sauerkraut and mix.
Using a small amount of dough, roll out very thin. Make two pierogi at a time. Cut dough into two parts.
Place heaping teaspoon of filling on each piece of dough. Moisten edges of dough with water. Fold over and seal with fork tines.
Boil a pot of water. Drop about 10 dumplings at a time into the water. Simmer 2 to 3 minutes or until pierogi float to top. Lift out of water with a slotted spoon.
Drain well on paper towels. You may freeze at this point for later use.
To cook, defrost and put bread crumbs on top of pierogi. Fry in melted butter or margarine in large skillet on very low heat. Or, preheat oven to 325°F. In a baking dish, pour melted butter over pierogi and bread crumbs before putting into oven. Heat until hot. Makes about 21 dumplings.