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Polish Dried Mushroom Pierogi, Nalesniki and Uszka Filling
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Yield: About 2 cups
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total time: 35 minutes
Source: Barbara Rolek, About.com Guide
| Dried Polish mushroom filling is one of the quintessential flavors for stuffing Polish pierogi and Polish nalesniki, also known as blintzes or crepes. Imported Polish mushrooms, you might want to flesh this out with fresh button mushrooms. Since these are vegetarian, they would be perfect for meatless Lenten meals or for wigilia, also known as Christmas Eve supper. If you use this filling for uszka, better known as "little ears" because of their shape, they are the traditional dumpling served in beet soup for Christmas Eve dinner. http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/uszka/ss/uszka.htm | |
| 4 ounces | dried Polish mushrooms, soaked in warm water until hydrated and pliable |
| 2 tablespoons | butter |
| 1 small | onion, very finely chopped |
| 1 tablespoon | fresh white breadcrumbs |
| 2 tablespoons | parsley, finely chopped |
| 1 large | egg, beaten |
| Salt | |
| pepper | |
Carefully lift the mushrooms from the soaking liquid so as not to disturb the grit at the bottom of the bowl. Save this liquid for beet soup. Chop mushrooms very finely and set aside. Heat butter in a large skillet. Add onion and sauté 5 minutes or until translucent.
Add chopped mushrooms to onions and cook 10 minutes or until liquid has evaporated and mixture begins to sizzle.
Transfer onion-mushroom mixture to a large bowl and add breadcrumbs, parsley and egg. Season to taste with salt and pepper and mix together forming a firm paste. Set aside and let cool completely. Mushroom filling will keep, refrigerated, for up to 24 hours.
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