3 Making the Pockets
Pierogi are essentially like little parcels that will hold your filling, allowing you to more easily cook it and then making it very easy and convenient to eat by hand or with a fork.
You have your dough and you have your filling. So bring the dough over and use round shape cutters to make some circular pieces. These shouldn’t be large – perhaps the size of a coffee mug rim. Now you’re going to place just a small portion of the filling into the middle of each of those circles.
Next, fold the dough in half so that it completely covers the filling. There should be just a little bit of extra dough at the edges. And that is what you are now going to squeeze together in order to adhere.
Using your thumbs, you’ll create a little pattern by doing this. Don’t leave any gaps!
Be sure to gather your leftover dough, re-roll and then continue!