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Pirohy: Slovak pierogi dough with egg

Name: Pirohy: Slovak pierogi dough with egg
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 500 g Fine all-purpose flour (premium grade); 1 Egg; as needed Salt; 250 ml Water

Soft pirohy dough made with fine all-purpose flour, egg, salt, and water. Fill, seal, and boil for sweet or savory dumplings. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Grandma’s recipes · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Pirohy dough made with fine all-purpose flour and egg is a simple base for sweet or savory Slovak filled dumplings. Work the flour, egg, salt, and water into a soft, pliable dough, then roll it out and cut it into shapes as desired. Fill them with thick fruit preserves, quark (fresh curd cheese), or, for a savory version, bryndza (Slovak sheep cheese), then seal the edges and cook the pirohy in boiling salted water. Sweet pirohy are delicious with toasted breadcrumbs, powdered sugar, and melted butter.

Ingredients

4 servings

Fine all-purpose flour (premium grade) 500 g
Egg 1
Salt as needed
Water 250 ml

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Instructions

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Work the ingredients into a soft, pliable dough, roll it out, and cut it into various shapes.
Add the filling to the dough pieces, seal the edges, and cook the pirohy in boiling salted water.
If desired, sprinkle the pirohy with breadcrumbs toasted in a dry pan and powdered sugar, then drizzle with melted butter.

Tip: Let the kneaded dough rest under an inverted bowl for about half an hour so it rolls out more easily without shrinking back. Moisten the edges of the pirohy with water before sealing to keep them from opening during cooking.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 473 kcal
Protein: 14 g
Carbohydrates: 95 g
of which sugars: 0.4 g
Fat: 2.4 g
of which saturates: 0.6 g
Fiber: 3.4 g
Salt: 0.5 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: Cesto na pirohy z výberovej múky a vajec