Aniela Cooks
SISTER
ANIELA GARECKA
Pierogi
Dough:
▸ 0.5 kg flour
▸ 3 eggs
▸ 1 glass lukewarm water
▸ 3 tablespoons oil
Add the ingredients to the flour and knead the dough until it is uniformly soft. Roll it out and cut out circles. Place the filling in the centre of each circle, fold in half and pinch the edges tightly closed. Drop the finished pierogis into boiling salted water, and cook slowly for about 3 mins. Serve with melted butter or butter with fried onion.
Filling: cheese and potato
▸ 300 g curd cheese
▸ 7 potatoes
▸ 2 onions
▸ 50 g butter
Cook the potatoes and mince with the cheese. Chop the onions and fry on butter until yellow. Mix together, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Filling: meat
▸ 300 g boiled meat
▸ 2 onions
▸ 50 g butter
▸ Salt, pepper
Boil the meat (can be from soup), then mince. Chop the onions and brown on butter. Mix everything together and season to taste.
Apple Cake
Dough:
▸ 400 g flour
▸ 150 g margarine
▸ 150 g caster sugar
▸ 1 egg
▸ 1 tablespoon cream
▸ 1 teaspoon baking powder
Filling:
▸ 1.5 kg apples
▸ 7 tablespoons sugar
▸ 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
▸ cinnamon to taste
Knead the dough from all the ingredients and divide into two parts. Peel the apples, grate, gently fry for a short time with sugar, add in breadcrumbs and cinnamon to taste. Roll out one part of the dough and place on a greased baking tray, spread the apple on the dough and cover with the remaining dough. Prick the dough with a fork. Bake at 180° C for about 50 minutes.