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Bryndzové pirohy: Slovak sheep cheese dumplings
Potato dough dumplings filled with bryndza sheep cheese and mashed potatoes, boiled and served with fried bacon and sour cream. Serves 4.
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- Prep time
- 45 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Total time
- 1 hr 15 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Cuisine
- Slovak
Bryndzové pirohy are traditional Slovak dumplings made with a dough of cooked potatoes and flour, filled with bryndza (soft sheep's milk cheese) mixed with mashed potatoes, then boiled. They are served topped with fried bacon and sour cream.
Ingredients
Dough
Filling
For serving
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Instructions
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Cook the potatoes
25 minBoil all the potatoes in their skins until tender, then peel and mash while still warm. Let cool.
Make the filling and dough
10 minMix the bryndza with 200 g of the mashed potatoes. Combine the remaining potatoes with the flour, egg, and salt, and knead into a smooth dough that is not sticky.
Shape the dumplings
15 minRoll out the dough on a floured work surface to about 3 mm thick and cut out 8 cm circles. Place a teaspoon of filling on each circle, fold into a half-moon, and press the edges firmly to seal.
Cook and serve
15 minBoil the dumplings in batches in salted water for 4–5 minutes after they float to the surface. Dice the bacon and fry it. Serve the dumplings topped with the bacon and its rendered fat, along with sour cream.
Tip: Brush the edges of the dumplings with a little water before sealing to keep them from opening and the filling from leaking out during cooking.
Nutrition facts
Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients
- Energy
- 805 kcal
- Protein
- 29 g
- Carbohydrates
- 86 g
- of which sugars
- 4.9 g
- Fat
- 38 g
- of which saturates
- 20 g
- Fiber
- 5.9 g
- Salt
- 3.8 g
Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.
This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Bryndzové pirohy zo zemiakového cesta so slaninou
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