Pierogi Lasagna
Pierogi lasagna is the ultimate indulgent comfort food meal for fans of the potato dumplings! Ham and bacon dot get sandwiched between layers of rich cheese , mashed potato filling, and pasta.
Pierogis are definitely a treat.
And if you agree, here’s the recipe you need!
Pierogi LASAGNA.
It gives you all the potato, pasty flavors of a good homemade pierogi with less work than making them from scratch.
Side note: if you do want to give them a go try my Homemade Pierogi Recipe!
Now it’s true you could go to the frozen food aisle and just buy a bag (and I will, in a pinch), but they can’t ever compete flavor wise with the real thing.
Or even with our more modernized version.
Pasta, potatoes, cheese, and bacon.
Does it get any better than that?
I’m pretty sure those are the hubs and sons favorite food groups.
And they aren’t wrong in their love of them combined into this incredible cheesy pierogi lasagna.
Alternating layers of rich cottage cheese, and creamy whipped mashed potatoes studded with bacon, ham, and a generous serving of cheddar cheese all sandwiched between a traditional pasta base of cooked lasagna noodles and baked to perfection.
What are pierogi?
If you have never heard of them or not tried them, you, my friend, are missing out!
Pierogi are Eastern European dumplings stuffed with creamy mashed potato goodness.
Sometimes here in the US, you’ll find them deep fried.
Other times, they get sauteed with butter and onions.
Ingredients
To make this you’ll need:
- Lasagna noodles– 12 cooked noodles
- Cheese– Both cottage cheese and cheddar cheese
- Green onions– Thinly sliced
- Garlic powder
- Eggs– To mix into the cottage cheese filling
- Mashed potatoes– Your favorite store bought kind or your favorite homemade mashed potatoes.
- Bacon– Crisply cooked and crumbled
- Ham– Diced or chopped
- Onion– Chopped and sauteed until just beginning to caramelize
How to Make
To make this pierogi lasagna, start by stirring together the the cottage cheese, egg and green onions in a bowl.
In another bowl, mix together half of the cheddar cheese, mashed potatoes, garlic powder, bacon, ham, and sauteed onion.
Set both bowls aside.
Then line the bottom of a greased 9 x 13″ baking dish with 4 of the lasagna noodles.
Spread the cottage cheese mixture out evenly over the noodles.
Add 4 additional noodles and cover evenly with the potato mixture.
Repeat these layers.
Then top the last potato layer with the remaining 4 noodles, the remaining cheese and extra crumbled bacon and extra chopped ham.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Serve warm with sour cream, if desired.
Enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
Store leftovers in the baking dish wrapped tightly in foil in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Reheat it in a hot oven until warmed through and the cheese is melted again.
Tips and Tricks
- You can substitute ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese if you prefer.
- Vegetarian? No problem! Just omit the meat.
- You could double the bacon or the ham and skip the other one all together.
- This is a fantastic recipe to use up leftover mashed potatoes!
- Let the noodles cool enough so that you can easily handle them prior to assembling the lasagna.
Other Lasagna Recipes
Pierogi lasagna is a delicious mash up of the best comfort foods.
Make it and enjoy!
Looking for other lasagna recipes?
Try these:
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Pierogi Lasagna
Ingredients
- 12 cooked lasagna noodles
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 2 eggs
- 4 green onions thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups grated cheddar cheese divided
- 3-4 cups mashed potatoes
- 6-8 slices of bacon cooked crisp & crumbled + extra for topping
- 1 cup diced or chopped, ham + extra for topping
- 1 onion chopped sauteed until just beginning to caramelize
- 8 slices bacon fried crisp and crumbled
Instructions
- Mix together the cottage cheese, egg and green onion, stirring until evenly combined.2 cups cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 4 green onions
- In another bowl, mix together 1 cup of cheddar cheese, mashed potatoes, garlic powder, bacon, ham, & sauteed onion.1/2 tsp garlic powder, 2 cups grated cheddar cheese, 3-4 cups mashed potatoes, 6-8 slices of bacon, 1 cup diced, 1 onion, 8 slices bacon
- Line the bottom of a greased 9 x 13″ baking dish with 4 of the lasagna noodles.12 cooked lasagna noodles
- Spread the cottage cheese mixture out evenly over the noodles.
- Add 4 additional noodles and cover evenly with the potato mixture.
- Repeat.
- Top with remaining 4 noodles, remaining cheese and extra crumbled bacon and extra chopped ham.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Serve warm with sour cream, if desired.
Notes
- You can substitute ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese if you prefer.
- Vegetarian? No problem! Just omit the meat.
- You could double the bacon or the ham and skip the other one all together.
- This is a fantastic recipe to use up leftover mashed potatoes!
- Let the noodles cool enough so that you can easily handle them prior to assembling the lasagna.
That does sound a lot easier than making the real things from scratch. It looks delicious!
It SO is, and thanks.
I love your modernized version! It looks much better than the freezer section, and less time consuming than starting the whole process from scratch. Thanks for sharing this recipe at the fiesta this week!! Happy FF! 😀
You know me, all about convenience! Well, convenience that doesn’t come at the cost of flavor…
Clever
Great idea and combination of flavors. Pinned! Thanks for sharing with us at #Throwback Thursday link party.
Thanks, Quinn
Another delicious share, cheesy and delicious! So glad you could bring your yummy lasagna to Fiesta Friday!
I think the noodle ratio is off – it should be 3 per layer vs 4 or you run out … and garlic vs. onion powder in the directions. Also, it says to add chopped ham on top but you didn’t downsize the portion in the mixing…
Thanks for the heads up! I edited the recipe to fix the errors, but it did say ‘extra’ ham/bacon in the instructions. I noted it in the ingredients list to prevent any future confusion 🙂
I’m a bit confused. Step 6 just says repeat. Does that mean repeat steps 3, 4 & 5? That would mean you’d need 20 lasagna noodles. And you’d need to only use half of each mixture in steps 4 and 5 right? I don’t mean to sound super critical, I’m just not sure if I’m misunderstanding and I don’t want to mess it up. It sounds amazing!
Do you use dry or creamed cottage cheese? I am thinking dry but want to be sure before trying this.
thank ou
I didn’t add ham. Thought it could use more garlic and salt but it was tasty and easier than making real perogies