Decided to make polish pierogi with my own twist. This is for tomorrow's lunch but I already have them prepared and will just cook them for five minutes when our guests come.
I started experimenting with the dough on wednesday, and when I was sure I could make it look proper, I started working on the fillings. AFAIK traditionally Polish humans do a potato filling with optional cheese or cabbage. When we were in Wroclaw with my main one, we had meat pierogi, but it was definitely pork, must have been sausage meat or something.
I decided to make my own fillings. One vegetarian, with potatoes,not mashed all the way into a purré, I left chunks. I wanted to add Slovakian bryndza cheese, but couldn't find it, so decided for czech feta.
For the second filling I chose ground beef, basically burger meat, and I fried it with diced onion, leek, and garlic.
Then I formed the motherfuckers.
It takes time and experience, kind of like rolling joints. The first few just won't be nice, and I did the first batch drunk so it was pretty mad.
Then I got the hang of it:
My polish ex saw a pic and said the edges were nice, but the shapes were fucked. Well, fwiw, I prefer chunky fillings so these can look like colostomy bags for what I care.
These are in the fridge now and will be cooked and served tomorrow.