Introducing... me! And some bugsy pierogi

Hello! This is my first post, sorry about all the pictures... but I had a lot of fun! (oh and all my pictures are blurry, I'll get better at that. :))


Husband clicked me chopping onions. This is post near dismemberment of my left middle fingertip and pre tearing up and having to take a five minute break from the onions.

Onions sauteing (in olive oil) and homemade baked beans cooking. Yumm dinner smells delicious!

Kitchen Aid Armed and Ready to make a mean pierogi filling.

Yummm. I made the dough with 1/2 whole wheat flour. It was dense and I needed mas agua than the recipe suggested.

All my pierogi were twice as big as the recipe suggests. I made one recipe worth tonight and it made about 12 big-ish pierogi. Little ball of filling on "circle" of dough (I am circle impaired).

Mutant-shaped (due to circle impairment) pierogi awaiting sudden boiling water sauna. (The boiling pierogi were not much to look at, no picture)

Pierogi after sauteing. I kinda burnt some of them. Oh well, still yummy!

Le Dinner Perfecte. Two big bugsy pirogies, homemade baked beans, and broccoli. I loved it. Husband gave it an 80%. He said it was bland and he hates carrots (duh). I told him that there are two versions in the fridge... one with chipotle and black beans and one with peas and curry powder. He said "Those may get a 90%" He then proceeded to eat TEN of the "bland" ones. Ha!

"Indian" and "Mexican" with their appropriate dough balls. Can't wait till tomorrow night! :) And I can't wait till next weeks' cook a long! I'll post less pictures then, I promise. :)
9 Comments:
welcome! i think the pictures are GREAT, but then again, i _also_ post alot of pictures!
i can't wait to try the pierogies!
wow! what a great first post. I am also a picture-o-plenty poster, but my camera is broken right now. I wonder if that's part of the reason I haven't been as active lately...
I love how you played with the fillings!
Ruthie
This is a great post. Love your comments. Keep the pictures. It really makes it fun.
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Great job, Ruthie! I made them on the weekend, too, but will try again tonight for more picturesque results. Welcome aboard!
LOL My pierogis were not picturesque-- they were so mutant looking! I knew that would happen. Any stuffed thing I make turns out a little freakish looking. :) I really have to work on focus of my camera, too. It might help if I cook while there's a little natural light and not at 9 PM! :)
Thanks for the comments, y'all. I had a BLAST. I even sent the permalink to all my friends and relations LoL.
I'm thinking about making a chipotle pineapple sauce for the texmexican (or maybe pineapply avocado? yum!) and some chutney or something for my samosa-like ones. They seem to beg for sweet dipness. Does anyone have a recipe for that sauce they serve with the papadum lentil wafer things at Indian resturants? Its sweet and purplish and thin. (actually I think it's mint and tamarind chutney, I just looked it up) If anyone knows a recipe that would be AWESOME.
Mine actually opened up when I boiled them! Fine for eating but not pretty.
Maybe I rolled the dough too thin...
hmm, I wetted the edges and then pinched them pretty tightly shut. I also tried pressing them with the tines of a fork (ugly) and rolling the seam over and pinching it. These all seemed to work. Only one of mine opened and I think it's because I stabbed it with the slotted spoon. My dough was thin, but not crepe thin. Thinner than tortilla, though.
Welcome to our 'club!' I just got a kitchen aid mixer and you inspired me to use mine. Here's hoping they turn out as good as yours and the others' have!
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