{"id":2574,"slug":"pierogi-ii","title":"Pierogi II","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["2 cups all-purpose flour","1 egg (optional)","½ tsp salt","Water","Pierogi filling, such as sauerkraut filling or cheese filling","Butter"],"ingredients_norm":["all purpose flour","egg","salt","water","pierogi filling such as sauerkraut filling or cheese filling","butter"],"steps":["Sift and measure flour with salt into a large bowl.","Slightly beat egg with fork, and add egg to flour mixture.","Mix in enough water to make a dough that's soft enough to roll out with a rolling pin but not so dry that it spits and cracks.","Roll out dough on a floured bread board to about the thickness of a cracker.","Use a large rimmed glass or a big biscuit cutter to cut rounds approximately 3–4 inches in diameter.","Fill each round with a generous spoonful of filling, and fold dough in half to make a half-moon.","Pinch and seal the edge of the dough with fingers then gently fold and pinch edge to make a ruffled edge with about ¼-inch folds.","Drop each pierogi into a large pot of boiling salted water and boil until they float to the top. Remove each carefully with a slotted spoon.","Fry the pierogi in a skillet with melted butter until golden brown.","Serve warm or cold."],"categories":["Dumpling recipes","Polish recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using egg","Recipes using salt","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Pierogi_II","source_ref":"4505491","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Pierogi_II&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"84cafcc4495f343c5fae683aeb8c0135a310fc95171832f57b7624612b67379a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/pierogi-ii"}