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Pierogi (Polish Dumplings)

Ingredients : Bestandele:

Pastry Deeg

2 eggs 2 eiers

140 ml Sour Cream 140 ml Suurroom

500 ml flour 500 ml Koekmeel

2 ml salt 2 ml Sout

10 ml Baking Powder 10 ml Bakpoeier

Filling Vulsel

2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped 2 Med aartappels, geskil en gekap

15 ml butter 15 ml Botter

1 onion, chopped 1 ui, gekap

½ can Saurkraut drained 1/2 blikkie Suurkool, dreineer

Pinch fine coriander Knypie fyn koljander

Pinch pine cloves Knypie fyn Naeltjies

Salt and peper Sout en Peper

Method: Methode:

Pastry: Deeg:

1. Mix eggs and Sour cream until 1. Klits eiers en suurroom saam.

blended 2. Roer koekmeel, sout en bakpoeier by.

2. Add flour, salt and baking powder 3. Knie tot 'n sagte elastiese deeg vorm.

mix until a dough forms. Vulsel:

3. Knead the dough until smooth 1. Kook aartappels tot baie sag, maak fyn met

and elastic. Let rest aartappel drukker

Filling: 2. Verhit botter en braai ui tot sag. Roer kool,

1. Cook potatoes until soft and mash aartappels en geurmiddels by. Laat afkoel

fine. Bymekaarsit:

2. Fry onions in butter until soft. 1. Rol deeg omtrent 2-3 mm dik uit. Druk

Add sauerkraut, potatoes and sirkels van omtrent 7-9 cm wyd.

seasoning. Let cool. 2. Skep teelepels vol op elke sirkel. Maak

Assembly: rant nat met bietjie water. Vou deeg om

1. Roll dough until very thin about en seel deur met vurk die rante te druk.

2-3 mm thick. Press rounds of 3. Laat groot pot met water kook. Kook

7-9 cm wide. kluitjies vir omtrent 3 minute of tot dryf.

2. Spoon 1 teaspoon of filling in

middle of each round.

3. Wet edge of pastry and fold over.

Press closed with fork.

4. Boil a big pot of water and cook

dumplings for about 3 minutes

or until floating.

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