Topping recipe

Pierogi

Garlic oil, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Sharp cheddar, Mashed potato, loosened with butter and milk, Sour cream. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 pieNew York14"Garlic oil

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

1pie

Pizza size

base

Garlic oil

1 Tbsp15 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 3½ oz, grated (1 cup)100 g

Cheese

Sharp cheddar

about 3 oz, grated (¾ cup)80 g

Toppings

Mashed potato, loosened with butter and milkRusset or Yukon Gold, mashed with butter, milk, salt and plenty of black pepper

about ¾ cup180 g

Onion, caramelisedCooked slowly in butter for 25–30 minutes until deep brown

1 small onion, cooked down60 g

Bacon, par-cooked, chopped

4 slices40 g

Finishing

Sour cream (dollops)

3 Tbsp40 g

Chives, sliced

1 Tbsp3 g

Make the base

Scaled for 1 pie · 1 batch · Base recipe →

Warm the oil and garlic in a small pan over the lowest heat until the slices barely fizz, about 5 min — pull it before they colour, or the whole batch turns bitter. Stir in the salt and the pepper flakes if you're using them, and let it cool. Brush it on thin; a white pie wants a sheen, not a puddle. Keeps refrigerated 1 week.

Extra-virgin olive oil

scant ½ cup100 g

Garlic cloves, thinly slicedAbout 3 cloves

3 cloves9 g

Fine sea salt

½ tsp2 g

Red pepper flakesOptional

a pinch1 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pie

BeforeBrush the dough with the garlic oil and spread the mashed potato over it in a thin, even layer.
BeforeScatter the mozzarella and cheddar, then the caramelised onion and bacon.
AfterDot with the sour cream and scatter the chives.

Shopping list

For 1 pie

Extra-virgin olive oil100 g

Garlic cloves, thinly sliced9 g

Fine sea salt2 g

Red pepper flakes1 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella100 g

Sharp cheddar80 g

Mashed potato, loosened with butter and milk180 g

Onion, caramelised60 g

Bacon, par-cooked, chopped40 g

Sour cream40 g

Chives, sliced3 g

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