Cabbage Pierogi

Name: Cabbage Pierogi
Yield: Approximately 8 dozen dumplings
Ingredients: 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1 cup milk; 1 cup water; 3 tablespoons sour cream; 4 1/2 to 5 cups flour; 10 pounds green cabbage, trimmed and cored; 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese; 1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature; Salt and freshly ground pepper

Recipe courtesy of Martha Stewart

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Cabbage Pierogi

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Of all the Polish dishes Martha loves, her very favorite is cabbage pierogi. The sweet cabbage filling is time-consuming to make, but well worth the effort.

Yield: Approximately 8 dozen dumplings
Nutritional Analysis

Per Serving

Serving Size

1 of 96 servings

Calories

58

Total Fat

2

Saturated Fat

1

Carbohydrates

8

Dietary Fiber

1

Sugar

2

Protein

2

Cholesterol

9

Sodium

151

Yield: Approximately 8 dozen dumplings
Nutritional Analysis

Per Serving

Serving Size

1 of 96 servings

Calories

58

Total Fat

2

Saturated Fat

1

Carbohydrates

8

Dietary Fiber

1

Sugar

2

Protein

2

Cholesterol

9

Sodium

151

Ingredients

For the dough:

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 cup milk

1 cup water

3 tablespoons sour cream

4 1/2 to 5 cups flour

For the filling:

10 pounds green cabbage, trimmed and cored

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese

1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

Cut the cabbages into quarters. Steam until very tender, approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and cool. In a strong but thin linen towel, squeeze as much of the liquid from the steamed cabbage as possible. Squeeze only a small handful at a time. Discard the juice.
Grind the squeezed cabbage with the fine blade of a meat grinder. Add the cream cheese and softened butter and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
To make the dough, whisk the egg, milk, water, and sour cream together. Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after every addition. Turn out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic. This may take 10 minutes. Add as little flour as possible. Put ball of dough under an inverted bowl until ready to use.
To make the pierogi, cut the dough into 4 pieces. On a floured board, roll one piece of dough into a round, 1/16 inch thick. Keep rest of dough covered. With a cookie cutter or glass tumbler (2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter), cut the dough into rounds. For each pierogi, take 1 round of dough, stretch it a bit with your fingers, and spoon about 2 tablespoons of the cabbage onto the center.
Fold the circle in half and press the edges together. Martha crimps the edges with her fingertips into a decorative pattern. Be sure to seal the edges well or the filling may fall out during cooking. Put finished dumplings on a towel or tray that has been lightly sprinkled with cornmeal. Continue rolling dough until all the filling has been used up.
Bring a very large kettle of water to the boil. Add 1 tablespoon salt to the water and cook about 20 pierogi at one time in simmering water until they are tender and float (about 5 to 6 minutes). Remove to a serving dish with a slotted spoon and dribble with butter. Leftover pierogi can be reheated in the oven, or on top of the stove in a heavy skillet.

Recipe courtesy of "Entertaining", by Martha Stewart