Slovak filled dumplings, the classic version with sheep cheese or with sauerkraut and mushrooms, served boiled or fried with bacon and sour cream at every honest Bratislava pub.

Pirohy are the Slovak first cousin of Polish pierogi and Ukrainian varenyky, Slavic-tradition filled dumplings codified in regional Slovak recipes. The bryndza-filled version is the Bratislava local; the sauerkraut and mushroom version anchors Christmas week. Pirohy share documented ancestry with the dumpling traditions of the Carpathian Slavs, traced to the medieval monastery kitchens of Spis and Saris regions.

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