Polish Cooking, Yum!

Ever since my boyfriend returned from Poland, we have been doing a lot of Polish cooking. I think I should have been born Polish, because I love it! Tonight we tried to make perogies, which we were told were hard to make. If you've never had them, they're similar to ravioli (the fresh kind, not the Chef Boyardee canned crap) except with often different toppings and fillings than ravioli, and they're often fried or baked.
Here is an example of perogies, but not an actual picture of the ones we made:


When we started cooking, I was convinced that the recipe would be a flop, but it wasn't.

They really weren't hard to make, just time consuming, To make the outside, we combined flour, sour cream, butter, and water. Then we let the dough sit for 30 minutes. Then, we combined the ingredients for the filling (which involved mashed potatoes, sour kraut, Italian sausage, etc). We rolled the dough out into medium size circles. Then we put some filling on top and folded them over. Then we pressed a fork into the seams to seal them. Finally, we boiled them in salted water for about 3 minutes. Then we removed them from the water and fried them in butter (you can also bake them) until brown and slightly crispy. We served them with some sour cream. They were delicious, and my BF said they tasted just like the ones in Poland.

If I can make them, anyone can make them. Yup! I'm a disaster in the kitchen.

My boyfriend told his co workers in Poland that if they ever visit the US, he will cook them a Polish dinner. One of his co workers is actually going to take him up on his offer next month, and we are going to cook him perogies! How cool!