Mama Kat Thursday: Recipe I Want to Try

For Mama Kat today, I'm sharing a recipe that's on my "Must Try This Recipe," list now that the weather has gotten cold and baking warms up the house:
Pierogi Casserole!

  This recipe is particularly recommended for leftover mashed potatoes, like from Thanksgiving.

Have you ever eaten Pierogi? You can buy them frozen---delicious mashed potato & cheese filled wraps.

Well, I found this Pierogi Casserole recipe on Pinterest---layers of lasagna noodles, mashed potatoes, minced onion & cheese baked in a 9 x 13 pan!

Pierogi Casserole

Ingredients:

16 oz Lasagna noodles cooked according to package directions.

6 cups mashed potatoes

3 Tablespoons minced onion

18 slices cheese (white American cheese or Monterey Jack or Provolone)

1/2 cup butter sliced into 15 thin slices

Decorative topping: dried Parsley flakes

Directions:

Prep 9 x 13 baking dish or pan by spraying with a cooking oil spray.

Cook Lasagna noodles according to directions till just starting to soften, but still firm to the bite. (al dente)  Drain. Drizzle with a little olive oil and stir around to help keep them from sticking together.

For the Mashed Potatoes: you can use leftover home-made mashed or instant mashed potatoes or frozen ready-made. Whatever suits you.  You need 6 cups.

Layering:

First Layer 3 or 4 Lasagna noodles on bottom of greased baking pan, slightly overlapping as needed.

Then  2 cups of mashed potatoes pressed evenly over noodles.

Then sprinkle 1 Tablespoon of finely minced onion over potatoes. 

Then top with 6 slices of cheese, then 5 thin slices of butter.

Repeat two more times for a total of 3 layers.

Cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes until cheese is melted.

Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Top with a sprinkle of dried Parsley flakes.

Slice and serve warm. 

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Sounds delish to me. Maybe serve a salad with it.