🇸🇰 Slovak Cuisine

Pirohy

Filled Dumplings

Prep Time 45 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 426 kcal

Tender crescent-shaped dumplings filled with bryndza cheese, potato, or sauerkraut, boiled and served with butter and fried onions.

Ingredients

300g all-purpose flour
1 egg
120ml warm water
Salt
400g bryndza cheese or mashed potato filling
1 large onion, diced
3 tbsp butter
Sour cream for serving

Instructions

1 Mix flour, egg, water, and salt into a smooth dough. Rest 30 min.
2 Roll dough thin, cut circles with a glass.
3 Place a spoonful of filling on each circle, fold and press edges to seal.
4 Boil in salted water until they float, about 4 minutes. Drain.
5 Fry onion in butter until golden.
6 Toss pirohy with fried onion butter and serve with sour cream.

Did You Know?

In the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia, entire villages hold pirohy festivals where thousands are made and consumed in a single day.