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Perogies with Tofurky Sausage and Peppers

tlkitchen

If you don’t know what a perogie is, they are small dough dumplings stuffed with potatoes and cheese. I first had perogies years ago while in college. A friend of mine, bought some from the store and it was love at first bite. I pretty much stuck with the store bought brand for years because it was all I knew but one day I decided it would be fun to make them homemade. Now I don’t think I can ever go back to store bought because they were amazing!!! When I did some research on perogies, I discovered that there origin is Polish and commonly served with sausage and peppers. Of course you can get very creative with how you make them but for my first time I “kept it simple.” Give the recipe and try and let me know what you think!

What you need:

For the dough

  • 4 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1 cup of warm water
  • 1/4 cup of milk
  • 2 TBSP of sour cream
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 TSP of salt

For the filling

  • 2 lbs of peeled and chopped potatoes
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 2 TSP of salt
  • 1 TSP of black pepper
  • 1 TSP of garlic powder
  • 8 oz of shredder extra sharp cheddar cheese
  • 2 chopped green onion stalks

Others

  • 1 pack of tofurky Italian vegetarian sausage
  • 1 orange or yellow pepper
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 2 chopped garlic cloves
  • Optional: olive oil for the Pan searing option
  • Optional: extra butter for top of dough

Method:

Filling

  • Peel and chop potatoes and boil until tender. You want to make sure you chop them in small cubes to make it easier to mash.
  • Drain potatoes and add to a large mixing bowl along with milk and butter
  • Use a whisk or a fork to mash and mix together
  • Once mixed add seasonings, cheese and green onion and mix well

Dough

  • In a large mixing bowl whisk together water, milk, sour cream and salt
  • Start by adding just 2 cups of flour at a time and whisk until dough forms (You can also use a mixture if you have one handy but a whisk or you hands work just fine)
  • Once all the flour is added and mixed start kneeing the dough adding in just a sprinkle of flour at a time until dough no longer sticks to the bowl.
  • On a floured surface, continue kneeing dough for a few minutes and form a ball
  • Using a rolling pin, you want to roll out your dough until it’s at 1/8th of an inch thick. (You can guess here…there is no way of really knowing for sure, just make sure its not thick)
  • I used a regular glass cup to cut of the circles for my individual perogies!
  • Once you used all the space you can to make circles you can grab the extra dough, re-roll it out and get a few more circles

Continuing on

  • Now to stuff your circles, you want to stretch out the circle going along side the diameter. Then add 1 to 1 1/2 TSP of filling into each circle
  • Use of fork to help close the ends and add to a baking sheet
  • If baking the perogies, brush the outside of each one with a little butter
  • NOTE: You can pan sear them instead of baking*** I have tried both ways and I loved them both! If pan searing just add a little olive oil to your pan and sear of each side until crispy
  • If baking, place in oven on 350 degrees and bake for 25 minutes
  • While perogies are baking, chop peppers, onions, tofurky sausage and garlic cloves.
  • Saute mix all together
  • Once perogies are out of the oven, add sausage pepper mix on top
  • And ENJOY!!