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Pierogi with Sweet Cream Cheese

A recipe for Pierogi with Sweet Cream Cheese from The Sweet Polish Kitchen. These pierogi have a cheesecake-like filling and are paired with a honey-sweetened sour cream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Polish
Keyword cream cheese, dessert, dumpling, pierogi, Poland, Polish
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Resting Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 20 Pierogi

Ingredients

  • 3 cups (350 grams) all-purpose flour or '00' pasta flour plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar plus extra for dusting
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup (125 milliliters) lukewarm water 105-115˚F, 40-46˚C
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

For the Sweet Cream Cheese Filling:

  • 3 1/4 cups (750 grams) cream cheese or twaróg sernikowy
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract

To serve:

  • Confectioners' sugar for dusting
  • A little melted butter
  • Sour cream sweetened with a little honey

Instructions

  • Mix the flour with the confectioners' sugar until combined, then add the egg and egg yolk and stir with a knife.
  • Slowly add the lukewarm water and oil, mixing until a dough starts to form.
  • Tip the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead for about 5 minutes, just until the mixture comes together with no lumps and feels smooth.
  • Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and leave it to rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

For the Sweet Cream Cheese Filling:

  • Mix all the sweet cream cheese filling ingredients (cream cheese, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla) together until well combined, then chill in the refrigerator, too, for an hour.

To Assemble:

  • When you are ready to make the pierogi, bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.
  • Roll out your dough on a board dusted with a little confectioners' sugar. You are aiming for the dough to be around 1/8 inch (3 millimeters) thick.
  • Use a 3 1/2 inch (9 centimeter) pastry cutter or a glass tumbler to cut out circles of dough.
  • Take your cheese filling out of the refrigerator and place a tablespoon of filling onto each circle.
  • Working quite quickly, take each circle in your hand, fold the dough over to form a semi-circle, and pinch the dough along the edge so that each dumpling is well sealed.
  • Place each one back on the board dusted with confectioners' sugar.
  • To cook the dumplings, carefully drop them into the boiling water, in batches of 5 at a time, until each one floats to the surface. They will only take a minute or so to cook.
  • Carefully remove each one with a slotted spoon and place on a large platter.
  • Serve with a dusting of confectioners' sugar, a drizzle of melted butter, and some sweetened sour cream.