pierogi
noun
a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
pirogi
-
a variation of
pierogi.
Example Sentences
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At the cafe, we ordered pirogi — Selina’s stuffed with fish, mine with sauerkraut.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
At the takeout restaurant next door, Oksana Zavhorodnyuk, 44, was serving schnitzel and jumbo pirogi from behind a counter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
And what better than SkyMall’s $9.95 glass pirogi, a “finely crafted and tastefully decorated ornament ... sure to become a family heirloom.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2014
Some sweet dumplings are pinched in dough like the savory ones, such as tart dried hawthorn berries with white wood ears, or pear with eight treasures, which I now think of as fruitcake pirogi.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
I had done no such thing, so as we walked through the county fair, I broke off momentarily and bought a plate of pirogi, or Polish dumplings, from a booth.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
