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Chef Jonathan Chovancek updates his grandmother's traditional Ukrainian recipe.
Recipe by Chef Jonathan Chovancek
This is a recipe I have renamed for my great-grandmother Anastasia Yunick, who immigrated to Canada with her husband, Anton, from the village of Tsekaniv in Western Ukraine. I have adapted it to include a spicy chorizo in the filling, as that is what I love to eatand, as I am definitely not a traditionalist, I love what the spice does in this recipe.
1 kg russet potatoes
1 cup ground pork
1 cup ground chorizo sausage
1 small onion, finely minced
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
Bay leaf
3 cloves garlic, whole
Salt, to taste
Lemon juice. to taste
1 cup sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp sea salt
Boil potatoes in their skins with fresh bay leaf and garlic until cooked. Drain and peel. Allow to steam out for 10 minutes, then put through a ricer.
Sauté onion and two meat minces together. Add vinegar to deglaze, then cook down until meat is cooked through and tender. Add a little water if it gets too dry. Add potato mixture and gently stir together. Season with salt and a little lemon juice. Let cool.
To make the dough, use a stand mixer or a wooden spoon to combine ingredients. Hand knead for 510 minutes to develop gluten structure. Allow to rest 1 hour or overnight, refrigerated.
Roll out dough into 3-mm sheets using a floured pasta roller or rolling pin. Use a 12-cm round pastry cutter or the rim of a small bowl to cut into rounds. Place 1½ tbsp of filling in the centre of each round and pull one side over the top to create a cute little dumpling. Be creative with your shapingI like to have a flat bottom and a crimped top. Use the back of a fork to press and decorate the round edge. Use a little water to provide the seal.
Steam perogies in a bamboo steamer or poach in salted water for 810 minutes. Drain. Sauté in brown butter, basil, red onion and fresh tomatoes.
Makes 1012 medium perogies.
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This story was originally published on March 16, 2020.
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