pierogi

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Before making the homemade dough for the pierogi, we had get a pound of starchy potatoes and a whole head of garlic into the oven to start roasting.

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  1. noun A semicircular dumpling with any of various fillings, such as finely chopped meat or vegetables, that is often sautéed after being boiled.

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  • Customers will now have to find somewhere else to get pierogi, golumbki and kielbasa that was a feature of the Wednesday Polish buffet for $9.95. —  Reader - MassLive.com
  • If I wanted to eat a pierogi in the place of its origin, to what part of the world would I go? —  Gadling
  • Before making the homemade dough for the pierogi, we had get a pound of starchy potatoes and a whole head of garlic into the oven to start roasting. —  Culinary in the Desert
  • The drained pierogi are added in and gently fondled in the toasted butter until each is coated and has taken on a slight golden hue themselves. —  Culinary in the Desert
  • The pierogi were tender, quite hearty with their tangy roasted garlic potato filling and taking them for a ride in the golden pool of melted goodness (Jeff's word!) was the perfect match to let them sing. —  Culinary in the Desert
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  1. Polish, pl. of pieróg, dumpling, and Russian pirogi, pl. of pirog.
 

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