Pierogies With Cottage Cheese

Ingredients

• •Stuffing
• •500 g dry cottage cheese
• •1-2 cooked, mashed potatoes
• •1 onion, chopped and fried
• •100 g bacon, chopped and fried
• •salt and pepper to taste
• •2 tbsp melted butter
• •Dough
• •500 g flour
• •1 egg
• •water as needed
• •salt

Directions

1. 1In a bowl mix the cottage cheese, potatoes, onion, bacon, salt and pepper. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and egg. Add as much water as required to work the flour into a loose dough. Roll it out as thinly as possible. Cut into two- to three-inch squares or into circles by using an upside down glass. Place a bit of stuffing on each piece of dough, then fold the dough over to form a triangle or half-circle. Pinch the sides to seal. Cook the pierogies in a large pot of boiling water for five minutes after they first float to the top. Remove with a slotted spoon and top with the 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Or, remove from the pot then fry in a buttered pan for a crispier texture.