How to Make Polish Home Made Farmer Cheese & Potato Pierogi Filling

As a child I always watched my Mom make home-made Polish Pierogi. New Britain, Connecticut has a very large Polish population, so we are fortunate to have an abundance of mom and pop shops and restaurants to purchase pierogis for those folks who don't make their own. This is an easy family recipe to duplicate for authentic home-made pierogi farmer cheese and potato filling. What makes them taste so good is the type of farmer's cheese. My grown daughters as well as granddaughter have all grown up on these pierogi. I've taught my daughters how to make the dough as well as the filling so that they too can carry on the family tradition.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 Tbl onion, grated or chopped (to taste)
• 2 Tbl butter
• 1 cup or less cold mashed potatoes
• 2 cups farmers cheese
• 2 to 3 egg yolks
• Salt and Pepper, to taste

1. Over medium heat, in a small skillet, saute and cook onion in butter.

2. Crumble farmer's cheese into small pieces and place in a medium-size bowl. Mix onion with potatoes, farmers cheese, eggs yolks, salt and pepper. Blend well.
   
   Save egg whites to use as sealer for dough.

3. 
    

   Place cheese filling on half of circle of dough. Fold over making half circles. Seal edges with egg whites, and press open edges with floured fork tines or fingers.

4. Make sure pierogi are well sealed.

5. Set aside until all dough and filling is used. Place on parchment-lined or wax paper on cookie sheet.
   
   Place in freezer to harden a bit. Remove and dust with additional flour. Place in plastic zipper storage bags and freeze.

6. To Cook:
   
   Boil 3 qts. wter with 1 tbl salt. While water is boiling gently drop or slide pierogi a few at a time. Do not crowd. Stir gently with wooden spoon to separate and to keep from sticking to each other. Boil rapidly for 3 to 5 minutes.
   
   You may then fry pierogi if desired.

Tips & Warnings

• My favorite Farmer's Cheese to use is Andrulis Baltic Style Plain Farmer's Cheese
• Serve with additional fried onions.
• Serve with sour cream or applesauce, if desired.
• Makes approximately 30 pierogi when using my pierogi dough recipe

Resources

• Moomettesgram's Musings
• How to Profit from a Recipe Blog
• Moms Talk Network
• Cookin' Kids

[Moomettesgram]

on 5/24/2009 Thanks! I hope my pierogi recipe turns out great for you! Thanks for visiting my eHow recipe articles!

[peacepearl]

on 5/23/2009 I can't wait to try this recipe! I finally found a potato/farmer's cheese recipe that sounds similar to the ingredients in my Babci's pierogies, to the best of my memory, that I couldn't find in any cookbook! I'll let you know how they turn out! Thank you!