Description
Pumpkin and sausage make a hearty pierogi filling!
Ingredients
Scale
for dough:
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup boiling water
for filling:
- 10 – 12 ounces fresh Polish sausage
- 2/3 cups finely diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
Instructions
for dough:
- Place the flour on a clean work surface (or a bowl), add the salt.
- Make a well in the top of the flour and add the egg. Work the egg into the flour.
- Slowly add the water to the flour mixture, mixing it in as you go. Knead dough until smooth. Cover and set aside.
for the filling:
- If your sausage is in casings, squeeze it out of the casings and into a frying pan. Brown over medium heat, chopping the meat into small pieces as it cooks. Add a little olive oil if necessary to keep the meat from sticking to the pan.
- When the meat is browned, but not completely cooked, add the onions to the sausage and cook until the onions are translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 – 3 minutes.
- Add the pumpkin puree, stirring frequently, cook for about 5 minutes to remove some of the water, and to let the flavors meld. Cool.
to assemble:
- Roll the dough out very thin, approx 1/16 inch
- Cut into round circles (about 3-inches) using a glass or a cookie cutter
- Add a spoonful of the filling to the center of each circle, compacting the filling
- Fold the dough around the filling, sealing the edges, creating a half-circle or crescent shape
- When all of the pierogi are filled, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, cook the pierogi for use a few minutes until they float to the top.
- Serve with melted butter or saute cooked pierogi in butter until they just being to brown. You can add sage leaves and/or diced onion to the butter while you’re sauteing the pierogi.
Notes
You can add some dried bread crumbs to the pumpkin mixture to make it a little more firm and easier to work with or try freezing the filling for 30 minutes or so before filling the pierogi.
Keywords: pumpkin and sausage pierogi