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  • @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930
    @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930 Рік тому +4079

    I'm Polish and I have honestly never heard about serving pierogi with apple sauce, but it sounds interesting

    • @DonPatrono
      @DonPatrono Рік тому +208

      worked around Szczecin for a year and half, a few cafeterias offered sweet pierogis (filled with strawberry or sweet cheese cream) accompanied with strawberry jam rather than apple sauce. Guess it's a regional thing?

    • @phlox7792
      @phlox7792 Рік тому +98

      @@DonPatrono one of my families perogi recipes is a stewed prune filling and its absolutely delicious. Strawberry and sweet cream sounds great too.

    • @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930
      @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930 Рік тому +7

      @@DonPatrono That would make sense, thanks!

    • @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930
      @wiktoriagrochowiecka8930 Рік тому +217

      To anyone reading comments, the telegram thing is a scam, don't message anyone, you have not won anything

    • @kaybee9676
      @kaybee9676 Рік тому +87

      im also from Poland and i also never heard of pierogi with apple sauce

  • @biggerbolderbaking
    @biggerbolderbaking Рік тому +1974

    Thanks a million for sharing my Homemade Sour Cream recipe, Andrew. And your Pierogi looked delicious! They're a great comfort food for anytime.

    • @TheDaily_Lifestyle
      @TheDaily_Lifestyle Рік тому +10

      You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe. Pierogies are definitely a comfort food that can be enjoyed any time. Thank you for sharing your homemade sour cream recipe with me, it sounds delicious. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

    • @PanCakeNYC
      @PanCakeNYC Рік тому +5

      I legit smiled when I saw this comment! Loved both your channels for years! 💕

    • @stevenfortune2929
      @stevenfortune2929 Рік тому +1

      Celebrity sighting!

    • @SeeNyuOG
      @SeeNyuOG Рік тому

      (it's not sour cream)

    • @SeeNyuOG
      @SeeNyuOG Рік тому +21

      @@TheDaily_Lifestyle And who are you?

  • @AzaghalTheBadger
    @AzaghalTheBadger Рік тому +1974

    I'm Polish and these pierogi are pretty americanized, (Specially the dough, never heard of butter or eggs in pierogi dough) but not as bad as I sometimes see online. I would still try them. Other few things I wanna point out are:
    1. I've only seen sweet pierogi served with sour cream. I heard russians eat pelmeni with sour cream.
    2. Never heard of serving pierogi with apple sauce
    3. Traditional addition on top of savoury pierogi are either lightly fried onions or bacon bits. (Depends on a filling really) For onions my family fries them in lard.
    4. I recommend adding some sauteed onions into ruskie pierogi filling, it will really improve the flavour
    5. We usually pan fry pierogi to reheat the leftover ones, nothing wrong with frying fresh ones though. :)

    • @push3kpro
      @push3kpro Рік тому +45

      Egg in dought is 90's restaurats style. Today that type is almost dead.

    • @nozyy5684
      @nozyy5684 Рік тому +29

      Egg in the dough is something people often argue about Tbf I agree with rest though 😁do prefer savoury ones fried off at the end but yeah it's best way to have them reheated

    • @totebag132
      @totebag132 Рік тому +45

      My grandma and great grandma always put eggs in! And a little bit of butter, not a whole stick! She claims it makes it fry better

    • @gabriela7348
      @gabriela7348 Рік тому +5

      This should be higher!!!

    • @MartaAurelia
      @MartaAurelia Рік тому +54

      Pierogi ruskie are eaten as well with sour creme. But agree with you on no egg. Yet butter is often added indeed.

  • @catceiling
    @catceiling Рік тому +416

    As a Canadian in a province with large Polish and Ukrainian communities, this reminds me of the master of none carbonara episode and the reaction it received from Italians.

    • @suiway
      @suiway Рік тому +54

      roflmao I know right??? Applesauce??????????? I can't wait for the video about spaghetti traditionally being topped with soy sauce.

    • @nobrainerneeded4229
      @nobrainerneeded4229 Рік тому +23

      Man, one slip by Babish and Poles would cause 3rd WW lol im also Polish

    • @JohnSmith-cx8co
      @JohnSmith-cx8co Рік тому +22

      If you're calling a Ukrainian potato and cheese filled dumpling a "pierogi" you're already not being particularly authentic. In Ukraine these would be referred to as vareniki. And in Poland, where they do have perogies, they wouldn't fill them with cheese and potatoes, except for Pierogi Ruskie, which is a bit like calling chow mein "Chinese Spaghetti".

    • @samuelbrown7466
      @samuelbrown7466 Рік тому +4

      I find it funny that I knew someone would mention this in the comments, not Polish, just cultured. Being said, I know it’s not traditional, but this man didn’t use brown sugar or butter for his applesauce and it deeply pains me, the idea of a buttered caramelized lightly salted apple sauce doesn’t sound too bad if you used sweeter apple and not traditionally soft and watery baking apple, there meant to be bland so you can flavor them, why would I want salted and sugared cartoon gray gruel 😵‍💫 ~wretches~ the differences of just the ingredients I guess.

    • @janetrose3750
      @janetrose3750 Рік тому +2

      Let me guess, Saskatchewan?

  • @gladosmaincore8589
    @gladosmaincore8589 Рік тому +722

    I would add an onion and black pepper to the potato filling
    Also, I never heard of apple sauce on pierogi
    But besides that they look great ^^
    Greetings from Poland ❤🤍

    • @arturmical
      @arturmical Рік тому +5

      There are ones with berries in them so I wouldn't be as surprised.
      also:
      Wiwat krajany!

    • @jotaros_dolphins2213
      @jotaros_dolphins2213 Рік тому +23

      I assume the apple sauce is from polish jews since jewish latkes are also traditionally eaten with apple sauce

    • @nothinghere7391
      @nothinghere7391 Рік тому +54

      Ruskie Pierogi without Black pepper and onion inside is a crime against every babcia that ever lived

    • @sokolaad1238
      @sokolaad1238 Рік тому

      @Babish_CulinaryUniverse. woah

    • @cambian2579
      @cambian2579 Рік тому +5

      @@sokolaad1238 it's spam and dangerous link, be careful

  • @TheArdyzda
    @TheArdyzda Рік тому +225

    as all the other Poles in the comments I must state: never have I ever seen pierogi with apple sauce. Additionaly: the sauerkraut and mushrom ones are really popular- but mostly prepared for Christmas ( but with wild mushrooms, not portobello). The minced meat filling is fried but then once again put through a mince machine ( for a super smooth texture). Oh, and the fried onion for the potato and cheese pierogi is most often done with finely chopped bacon. I think that's that.. great video, as always;)

    • @mateofenn
      @mateofenn Рік тому +7

      I think that might be an immigrant thing. I know in my area of the US applesauce isn’t uncommon with pierogies and historically it was a lot of Slovaks, Poles, Ukrainians and the like.

    • @crisgriffin3042
      @crisgriffin3042 7 місяців тому

      Outside of authentic restaurants you can use whatever you like, any personal sauce of choice, no one will judge. It is designed as "sauce vehicle" food after all, so anything goes. I mean all "historically correct" servings was pretty much based on a lack of other options. Sour cream and butter in East Europe was always presented as free leftover from home dairy production. Other options was mostly just sweet things, like honey or jam.
      I often use teriyaki or soy sauce for dipping, or frying them in Chinese Sichuan chili paste. I don't like sauerkraut, so I frying just mushrooms with herbs, and those ones do go nice with sour cream.

    • @tamarothA
      @tamarothA 7 місяців тому +2

      Also, cabbage is cooked with wild mushrooms for like 40 minutes. A basic roux added at the end. After cooling down the mushrooms and cabbage are then diced

    • @germanpanzer3274
      @germanpanzer3274 7 місяців тому +1

      Don't forget blueberries

    • @bartoszwojciechowski2270
      @bartoszwojciechowski2270 2 місяці тому

      ​@@crisgriffin3042No, I can judge you because dipping pierogi in soy sauce is an abomination. That's not pierogi anymore, it's something else entirely if it's not made like the original dish. Just call it a different name if you have to, but don't call it pierogi, thanks. And imagine not liking sauerkraut, cringe.

  • @Brooksie603
    @Brooksie603 Рік тому +796

    My mother in law (rip) used to put sour cream in the dough. It made a soft and tender pierogi texture and a delicious hint of flavor. Farmers cheese, mashed potatoes (the Yukon gold works great), finely diced onion and minced garlic for the filling. Everyone looked forward to the holidays when she made them. 🥟❤

    • @kremowa8356
      @kremowa8356 Рік тому +21

      They are called pierogi ruskie, one of the best

    • @Tophatjones358
      @Tophatjones358 Рік тому +9

      We would use sour cream in our dough as well! It would always come out amazing when we added just a little!

    • @cafyszczypiorek6732
      @cafyszczypiorek6732 Рік тому +3

      Mmmmm, pierogi ruskie

    • @totebag132
      @totebag132 Рік тому +15

      My grandmother taught me to add sourcream to the dough as well! When I was 8, I asked her for a recipe, and under SC it said "the amount that looks correct to you." Got it right every single time, lol

    • @Tophatjones358
      @Tophatjones358 Рік тому +3

      @@totebag132 grandmothers have the best recipes! It the extra love they put into them to make them extra yummy!

  • @wiktorwolf8381
    @wiktorwolf8381 Рік тому +160

    I'm Polish, and as there are ofc sweet types of pierogi (with strawberry or sweet cheese) but I 've never heard of any apple sauce
    but we do have apple sauce in different dishes
    so it's just a nice variation of our cuisine

    • @Espanola4
      @Espanola4 Рік тому +4

      I saw pierogi with liver filling and apple sauce in Kraków, never tried them tho

    • @RhodianColossus
      @RhodianColossus Рік тому +1

      Nigdy pierogów z jabłkami (jako nadzienie) nie widziałeś? Oczywiście Babish coś całkiem innego zrobił ale jednak pierogi się wszystkimi owocami faszeruje

    • @RalphPL
      @RalphPL Рік тому +7

      @@RhodianColossus napisal wyraznie ze chodzi o sos. W Polsce sos jablkowy raczej idzie tylko na kaczke. Do srodka jak ktos chce sobie owocowego zrobic to moze wkladac co tam chce.

    • @ParkityParkPark
      @ParkityParkPark Рік тому

      I know pierogi with applesauce seems to be a very popular thing outside Poland, so I'm curious where that started

    • @RhodianColossus
      @RhodianColossus Рік тому

      @@RalphPL po angielsku "applesauce" nie znaczy specyficznie sos zrobiony z jabłek lub z jabłkami tylko konfitura/powidło z jabłek. Jest to trochę głupi wyraz, ale tak to jest. Sosy się z tego/z tym robi, ale najczęściej je się to na naleśnikach albo plackach ziemniaczanych. To taki mniej ztarty mus jabłkowy.
      Źródło: jestem z Irlandii i mój pierwszy język to Angielski.

  • @roodypf
    @roodypf Рік тому +299

    Meat filling for pierogi is usually made from stuff that was used for making a broth, eg. boiled beef, onions etc. and minced together. Throw some bacon with sauted onion on it and enjoy.

  • @RalphPL
    @RalphPL Рік тому +73

    Like somebody already said, this is a very americanized version of pierogi.
    My grandma actually got offended when I asked her about the eggs and butter, though I know you can make it in different ways (because the "True Polish Cuisine" cookbook says so.)
    But you probably wouldn't get beef filling - rather veal or typicly pork/chicken from the broth.
    And the apple sauce is clearly an american thing, we don't really do warm apple sauce for anything but duck/goose.

    • @ParkityParkPark
      @ParkityParkPark Рік тому +2

      pierogi has been adopted by a lot of countries for a very long time, the apple sauce thing probably didn't come from america seeing as it isn't leaning into the sweetness

    • @RalphPL
      @RalphPL Рік тому +10

      @@ParkityParkPark no, dumplings were adopted. Pierogi are adopted dumplings. You either make proper pierogi or you make some weird fusion dumplings.

    • @jacksmith-vs4ct
      @jacksmith-vs4ct Рік тому +7

      its more of a polish immigrant thing to use applesauce from what I gather not everyone does it though. and yeah eggs and butter everyone has their own opinion on that there is no one official way to make them so use them some don't.

    • @SignumImperativ
      @SignumImperativ Місяць тому

      The eggs are probably from Russian immigrants mixing with Polish immigrants in the US, because Russian pelmeni contains eggs and most people outside of Eastern Europe probably won't be able to differentiate between pierogi and pelmeni anyway.

  • @mollyscozykitchen4693
    @mollyscozykitchen4693 Рік тому +1566

    I would absolutely love to see Babish make the menu from The Menu. They tell you the ingredients, and I think it would be very creative and fun.

    • @moose9689
      @moose9689 Рік тому +66

      The mess lol

    • @Jonbutter
      @Jonbutter Рік тому +35

      would love to see him make the s’mores

    • @FALL-LAFF-7477
      @FALL-LAFF-7477 Рік тому +24

      @Average User a horror movie about a restaurant on the remote island that using their visitors as what will they serve to them.

    • @reuben03
      @reuben03 Рік тому +34

      imo its more thriller than horror but either way its well worth the watch

    • @l.tc.5032
      @l.tc.5032 Рік тому +34

      Gotta make the cheeseburger.

  • @mcssy
    @mcssy Рік тому +94

    In Ukraine we call them varenyki and my favourite filling for them is sour cherries with sour cream and a bit of sugar on top. The way sweet and tangy tastes combine is just chef's kiss! Also salted cottage cheese is amazing. In my family mother always used to make potatoes for the filling a bit chunky, not silky smooth, as it makes a better bite. Never heard of applesauce, just like many people from Poland already noted in the comments. Love Poland so much, the country, the people and the food ❤️ I had some of my best food experiences on my trip there.

    • @jacekb6119
      @jacekb6119 Рік тому

      Its great that our two countries share such a tasty dish

    • @mcssy
      @mcssy Рік тому

      @@jacekb6119 you are right! It makes me happy to know we have such wonderful thing in common 😊

    • @SarafinaSummers
      @SarafinaSummers 11 місяців тому

      As someone who haaaaates cherries with a passion, or at least Mariscino cherries, what other tradditional sweet fillings would you recommend?

    • @jacekb6119
      @jacekb6119 11 місяців тому

      My grandma often makes the mwith blueberry. When it comes to savory varieties, in poland we often eat them with a filling made of cottage cheese and potatoes(pierogies made like that are called ruskie or ruthenian), sometimes we also make them with meat and on christmas eve, it is traditional to eat mushroom and saurekraut filled pierogi. Im sure that you'll also find plenty of recipes on the internet@@SarafinaSummers

    • @mcssy
      @mcssy 11 місяців тому

      @@SarafinaSummers we also made varenyki with strawberries or sweet cottage cheese - these are two traditional sweet fillings, but honestly i think pretty much any fruit or berry would work just fine! Be careful with juicy fruits though, as they might make the filling too watery

  • @agnieszkalewandowska9750
    @agnieszkalewandowska9750 Рік тому +159

    Polish pierogi fanatic here, and I swear I've never seen applesauce served with pierogies, neither sweet nor savory. I can imagine it with some duck-filled pierogies if you're feeling fancy. The most common toppings would include sauteed onion and sour cream for the potato and cheese variety, sauteed onion (optionally also chives) for the ones with meat or sourkraut and mushrooms, and sour cream + sugar or just regular cream for any kind with a sweet filling.

    • @masansr
      @masansr Рік тому +1

      That's not toppings, though, they're sides. You would likely never put something on top of an pierogi (sour cram is fine. Sour cream is fine on almost any dish).

    • @agnieszkalewandowska9750
      @agnieszkalewandowska9750 Рік тому +5

      @@masansr I thinks that categorization depends purely on personal preference, for exaple I put the sauteed onions, chives or melted butter on top of my pierogies.

    • @Kamila.k
      @Kamila.k Рік тому +2

      @@masansr you are wrong.

    • @masansr
      @masansr Рік тому

      @@agnieszkalewandowska9750 Chives I'm all for (I personally am not a big fan, but it's traditional), but why put onions on top when you can put them inside?
      But, more importantly, why ruin the whole thing with sauerkraut and mushrooms?

    • @masansr
      @masansr Рік тому

      @@Kamila.k Are you talking about the topping, the filling, or the thinness and the make of the dough? Because I can accept to be wrong on two of them, but I will fight you if you say that a thin dough is incorrect. Throw out any recipe that asks for a "puffy dough".

  • @rolloffbroom
    @rolloffbroom Рік тому +9

    In Poland we don't use apple sauce and pierogi with sour cream are usually served in restaurants. In home most ppl eat them boiled with melted butter and chopped, sauted onion or chopped bacon with is called "skwarki" This recipe is a little bit americanized the traditional dough is just flour salt and hot water and in ruskie pierogi there's no cream cheese, you need to use twaróg because it's completely different taste and texture + add chopped onion and black pepper. The meat should be leftovers from broth because it adds all the flavour.

  • @emberrais7045
    @emberrais7045 Рік тому +1285

    Pierogi is already the plural form! "Pierogies" is like "dumplingsies"

    • @dresden123456
      @dresden123456 Рік тому +92

      Glad to see someone else mention it. It's such a pet peeve of mine!

    • @johanoskarsson8209
      @johanoskarsson8209 Рік тому +128

      Which admittedly would be an absolutely adorable thing to call dumplings.

    • @Dctctx
      @Dctctx Рік тому +72

      So what’s singular? Pierog?

    • @emberrais7045
      @emberrais7045 Рік тому +25

      @@johanoskarsson8209 y'know what, that's fair! :D

    • @RuDy-cx4dz
      @RuDy-cx4dz Рік тому +66

      I automatically read dumplingsies in Gollum's voice

  • @sowauszata2142
    @sowauszata2142 Рік тому +3

    I'm Polish and never seen a pierogi dough like this, but definetly will try this :) In Poland it's a never ending discussion about how you should make the dough. For me the best dough is without eggs - only flour, salt, very hot water, and a little bit of oil :)

  • @daisieswitch24
    @daisieswitch24 Рік тому +294

    usually, when making pierogi ruskie - the ones with potatoes and cheese, we also add in sauted onions, and I feel like you missed adding in pepper
    and for the ones with sourekraut and mushroom, we usually also add to the filling dried wild mushroom like boletes
    I also have to say that I never ate pierogi with sour cream, and apple sauce will definitely give it a try!

    • @szymonmatuszewski
      @szymonmatuszewski Рік тому +30

      This. The missing onion and pepper gave me an anxiety if I knew my grandma could see it.

    • @haaldor
      @haaldor Рік тому +14

      Absolutely this. Polish Dumplings (english name for "pierogi ruskie") have flavour quite heavily influenced by caramelized onion.
      But other than this (and apple sauce and sour cream added for some reason), I'm surprised on how true to the recipe Babish is, making my grumpy Polish soul proud.

    • @kevincoleman2092
      @kevincoleman2092 Рік тому +8

      I wonder if sour cream and apple sauce are regional things because my dziadek would always eat his ruskie pierogi with sour cream.

    • @szinga
      @szinga Рік тому +7

      never eaten them with apple sauce either but there's nothing better than ruskie with sour cream!

    • @Nachmittag
      @Nachmittag Рік тому +2

      Sauted is not enough, they need to be brown.

  • @olka_fasolka
    @olka_fasolka Рік тому +25

    Been doing pierogi since I can remember and my dough `s always been flour, salt, hot water and some oil. That`s how my grandma tought me and they always come out great. Never eaten them with apple souce though. 🤔

  • @TheFowo
    @TheFowo Рік тому +33

    For beef pierogi nice way to approach meat is cooking it in a broth first to being out more flavour. We polish love black pepper so season it well too!

  • @buhbird4698
    @buhbird4698 Рік тому +2

    Psychology major here, "that feeling" @0:10 is known as anticipation (fulfillment works too)

  • @Keydicken
    @Keydicken Рік тому +14

    I'm a Polish Canadian, so imagine my glee when I arrive at school this morning to see this video! Sending this to my family right away!

    • @vooyas.mp4
      @vooyas.mp4 Рік тому +14

      Please don't. Send an actual pierogi recipe, not some bastardization. While I assume the ones Babish made taste fine, they're not even close to the OG. The potato filling shouldn't be perfectly smooth, the cheese should be crumbly. Andrew didn't add any onions or black pepper to it, so I imagine they're bland AF.

    • @suiway
      @suiway Рік тому

      @@vooyas.mp4 perogies with applesauce pair well with spaghetti topped in bbq sauce.

  • @katiatyra4231
    @katiatyra4231 Рік тому +4

    I love that all the Polish people in the comments are mentioning we don't serve this with applesauce in the kindest way possible and we're just happy that someone is encouraging people to try making or to eat Polish food

    • @lithiumkid
      @lithiumkid Рік тому

      saw plenty of Polish people in the comments saying they do indeed serve or eat it with applesauce :o

    • @YaaLFH
      @YaaLFH 7 місяців тому

      @@lithiumkid No, you didn't. You may have seen some American people with distant Polish heritage saying so.

    • @lithiumkid
      @lithiumkid 7 місяців тому

      @@YaaLFH yes, i did. people who were more than distantly polish.

  • @bonita1228
    @bonita1228 Рік тому +79

    We make 300 pierogi every year for our traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner. Always looking for hints to make it go faster.

    • @asia5825
      @asia5825 Рік тому +7

      I use a kitchenaid mixer to make the dough and a pasta roller attachment to roll them out. Has shaved hours off of the time it would usually take me. My husband mans the roller and I assemble.

    • @pawelkicman
      @pawelkicman Рік тому +2

      This is not faster at all. An absolute overkill for preparation, especially on the dough.

    • @grecoaj
      @grecoaj Рік тому

      Same here!!! 300 at least, we need extra for Easter.

    • @surfacestar4813
      @surfacestar4813 Рік тому

      A dumpling press has helped a lot!!

    • @catboybananabread
      @catboybananabread Рік тому

      we have an actual little press that shapes them for you. in multiple sizes too!

  • @HeavyDevy89
    @HeavyDevy89 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for converting your measurements to non-freedom units. Much appreciated.

    • @rizkiramadhan9266
      @rizkiramadhan9266 5 місяців тому

      He has to. No point using American measurements when talking to a bunch of Indians.

  • @igorvoloshin3406
    @igorvoloshin3406 Рік тому +147

    Oh, we in Western Ukraine also calling them "pierogi", the rest of Ukraine calls "varenyki" (from the verb "varyty" - "to boil"). With meat; with mashed potato, onions and cabbage; with cheese; with cherries, apples or apricots - any pierogi are tasty! Greetings from Ukraine! ✌🤠🇺🇦

    • @TheShicksinator
      @TheShicksinator Рік тому +15

      Слава Україні!

    • @Mark-ki7ic
      @Mark-ki7ic Рік тому +5

      🇺🇦 ❤️

    • @k7824
      @k7824 Рік тому +5

      I’m from western Ukraine as well and only known them as “varenyki”

    • @denys.panchenko
      @denys.panchenko Рік тому +2

      @@k7824 і як часто ви смажите страву, корінем назви якої є слово "варити"?

    • @Dziedzic95
      @Dziedzic95 Рік тому +6

      Actually I remember before war in Poland we used to call these potato pierogies as "ruskie" which was like a land in Ukraine but it all sounded like they were from Russia. Now every store bought pierogies in Poland have labels "Ukrainian pierogies" instead and I love this change. Also adding onion to it makes it soo much better!

  • @Therizzardofoz79
    @Therizzardofoz79 Рік тому +1

    When my father was a young boy, he had a Czech heritage center in his town and he loved the handmade pierogi that the old ladies would make for events. They were his greatest connection to his heritage that he knew so little of and he gets sad because he lives very far away from his hometown now, so I'm very excited to give him some handmade pierogi!

  • @bluecrystalwolfqueen9268
    @bluecrystalwolfqueen9268 Рік тому +307

    Having been to visit Poland and served homemade Pierogi, I can say it was one of the best meals I had on that trip. Pierogi, kolaches, paczki...the Poles know how to make comfort food right!
    Also to any Polish people in the comments, I had heard from someone that the singular of this dumpling was spelled pierog, plural pierogi, meaning that adding an "S" on the end would be a double plural. Is that correct, or does it vary based on the specific Slavic language?
    Edit: also also, I hope Babish makes a Kolache video because they're amazing lol

    • @Cycke86
      @Cycke86 Рік тому +134

      Hi, you are abslotely right about the grammar. Pieróg is singular, pierogi is plural. Pierogies is an abomination.

    • @TheGrace020
      @TheGrace020 Рік тому +2

      Correct!

    • @matyasbrabec
      @matyasbrabec Рік тому +27

      Kolache are Czech, not Polish. And same as in polish, Kolache is plural, so Kolaches would also be double plural.

    • @19Emes91
      @19Emes91 Рік тому +24

      Yeah, "pieróg" is singular. Note: "ó" is pronounced like English "oo", so it's "pieroog", but in plural it changes to regular "o".

    • @jpegmarek
      @jpegmarek Рік тому +1

      aren't kolache just pies tho?

  • @MrLankyBastard
    @MrLankyBastard Рік тому +8

    I'm Slovak, and my dad fills his with potato and cottage cheese and leaves it a little chunky. It's amazing.

    • @solcia89
      @solcia89 Рік тому

      Because chunky filling is superior to the smooth mushy paste! Nothing annoys me more than this in pierogi :D your dad knows what's what!

  • @michaelaburt1195
    @michaelaburt1195 Рік тому +64

    Our Dutch, Ukrainian family made a variation with a cottage cheese filling and a sweet, cream butter sauce. So delicious. My mom would make an easy version that was more of a pie crust type dough and then baked it. Amazing.

    • @willred4134
      @willred4134 Рік тому +1

      Local polish sausage maker would have potato, sauerkraut and cottage cheese ones in the cold case. Was really hoping Andrew would do cottage cheese ones so I can learn how to make those. I found one recipe online but it didn't come out the same.

    • @owenhyde1841
      @owenhyde1841 Рік тому +3

      Found my cottage cheese pierogi people. Was really hoping Babish would cover those cause im dying to make them

  • @Bmoneyman120
    @Bmoneyman120 Місяць тому

    I was born and raised in Chicago and they have a large Eastern European population including Polish people in the city. Every year just outside the city about 30 minutes from downtown they would have a pierogi fest where everyone would bring their best pierogies. it's amazing and I still love perogies to this day.

  • @maiamassaro2849
    @maiamassaro2849 Рік тому +9

    You don’t need eggs in the dough, from my grandmother’s experience, her dough is always more delicate and pleasant to eat if the water added to the dough is warm and no eggs are added. This may be a south western polish (Kraków) thing, though.

    • @nozyy5684
      @nozyy5684 Рік тому

      It's something a lot of people in Poland kind of argue about some say to add the egg others say not to 😅

  • @joannwieszczyk
    @joannwieszczyk Рік тому +3

    Really interesting basics! I immediately came to comments to see how many comments from folks of Polish/Russian heritage would comment. Particularly on the applesauce. Pierogi are a staple for my family's Wigilia (Christmas Eve) meal and we've not had it with applesauce. We also don't fry them, but in the Lehigh Valley of PA, they make a big deal about frying pierogi (maybe a PA Dutch thing?) All interesting!

  • @adamdreszer831
    @adamdreszer831 Рік тому +4

    It's pierogi, that's already plural, no need for that s at the end. Love from Poland! The singular form is pieróg.

  • @Daphoid
    @Daphoid Рік тому +6

    Beef ones are new to me.
    Also blueberry and other fruit based ones are fantastic.

  • @igula1000
    @igula1000 Рік тому +21

    Why did this make me so emotional 🥲I’ve been watching Babish for ages and now out of nowhere he makes my beloved pierogi!! This made my day

  • @ZerokirbyShow1
    @ZerokirbyShow1 Рік тому +14

    Now I want to see a full episode about recipes from Don't Starve Together. Pierogi in that game are a classic survival food for any fight and I've always wanted to recreate them at home!
    I wonder how the team would deal with stuff like the Dragonpie, Froggle Bunwich or a Monster Lasagna

  • @enchantinosis
    @enchantinosis Рік тому +27

    These were a staple food for me growing up and I was shocked by how many people had never even HEARD of these.

  • @sobczak.konrad
    @sobczak.konrad Рік тому +26

    As a Polish person myself, taught the art of making pierogi by my very own babcia, I don’t know why I’m even watching. Ah yes! Judging! Just kidding, seems like a pretty solid (if slightly different than what I’m used to, one might say… unorthodox) recipe. Enjoy everyone

  • @jedrzejpiotrowski7373
    @jedrzejpiotrowski7373 Рік тому +4

    Mate, the glazed thingies that you can see on pierogi photos is slightly caramelised oninons and little strips of bacon, not glazed apples.

  • @katyrunslife3397
    @katyrunslife3397 Рік тому +1

    I learned how to make pierogi's from my Slovak great grandmother - I am officially the pierogi maker in my family for Christmas (I make anywhere from 22-45 for Christmas )
    But it makes me happy to see these being hand made 😊

    • @cobaltchromee7533
      @cobaltchromee7533 Рік тому

      That's so cool! Our family makes something around 200-300 for Christmas, but we're eating loads of them on Christmas' Eve. What's your favourite filling? And do you add eggs to your dough?

  • @CoyotesOwn
    @CoyotesOwn Рік тому +4

    Note: POierogi is already plural (singular is pieróg), you don't need to add the s.

  • @Coffeegirl739
    @Coffeegirl739 Рік тому

    I prefer my pierogis without sour cream on top, just simple chopped fried onion and a little bit of oil. Some people add bits of bacon. The dough: water+flour for delicate one, water+flour+egg and these we use for sturdier one we freeze. Filling for "ruskie" pierogi: white cheese (in Poland this cheese is in every shop), potatoes, fried onion, salt, pepper.

  • @LuckyTondi
    @LuckyTondi Рік тому +6

    Adding/not adding eggs to your pierogi dough has divided many families in Poland [*] Also, for your butter/water mix => sub water for milk ;) AlsoAlso, Poles sometimes put fruit in our pierogi (blueberries and strawberries, served with sweetened cream).

    • @totebag132
      @totebag132 Рік тому +4

      We also made sweet cheese filling! Farmers cheese, vanilla, sugar, some salt for flavor, and I like to add cinnamon when grandma isn't looking 🥸

    • @SeeNyuOG
      @SeeNyuOG Рік тому +4

      I thought pierogi's dough is only water, flour, salt? Never seen anything different

    • @kilbofragginz2613
      @kilbofragginz2613 Рік тому +3

      @@SeeNyuOG I think it's a regional thing

    • @bary450
      @bary450 Рік тому +1

      @@SeeNyuOG same

    • @LuckyTondi
      @LuckyTondi Рік тому +1

      @@SeeNyuOG It is - like SUPER traditionally; but by adding milk and butter the dough is much easier to work with, doesn't get tough when chilled for the next day... and it has a better taste (maybe not for vegans)

  • @marcinkolanko951
    @marcinkolanko951 10 місяців тому

    Pieróg - Singular. Pierogi - plural. I love them straight from water, coated with melted butter and golden fried onion. Greetings from Poland.

  • @koalatosiau8399
    @koalatosiau8399 Рік тому +67

    I appreciate the effort and have to admit applesauce sounds like something worth trying but when I compare it to how pierogis are done in most polish homes I know... geez, if that is what every Italian feels when they see another video about making pasta I want to assure all of you of my deepest sympathy. My grandmother would smack me if I ever tried making christmas dishes like this 😆

    • @chartamad6595
      @chartamad6595 Рік тому +11

      hahaha same, I felt like an enraged Italian watching this.

    • @suiway
      @suiway Рік тому +5

      Ya I finally understand too. I got to "sour cream and...." and thought 'he's gonna say fried onions right? it's gotta be fried onions. i guess it could be bacon, or onion cream sauce'. nope. " and applesauce" ...lolwut. Aaaah yes, the traditional topping... apple sauce... goes well with an appetizer of spaghetti topped with the well known traditional italian topping of bbq sauce.

    • @satanicereal8172
      @satanicereal8172 Рік тому

      100%

    • @weeeeeeraaaaaa
      @weeeeeeraaaaaa Рік тому

      same

  • @tamarothA
    @tamarothA 7 місяців тому

    In my family, we almost never make the meat filling from sautéed ground beef. Pierogi were always a byproduct of making beef broth (rosół). Meat from ossobuco was ground after cooking. And the rest was prepared the same way, but the fact that it's meat from a soup, changes the flavor DRASTICALLY. I highly recommend trying it when you do a beef broth. Can be also done with chicken meat if you make chicken soup and have leftover meat.

  • @BreadZSkateZ
    @BreadZSkateZ Рік тому +25

    Love from Poland!🤍❤
    Highly support all pierogi enjoyers🤙🤙

  • @DAnielekItsMe
    @DAnielekItsMe Рік тому +2

    OK ok ok ok, as Polish person i approve
    But these are either some super fancy pierogi or this recepie was addapted when traveled abroad.
    I HAVE never seen such fillings.
    ALSO. hear me out here - meat filling is made from meat that was used to make broth, minced really well with onion and othere veggies almost to paste level. YOU HAVE TO TRY THOSE BABISH

  • @lupyr1833
    @lupyr1833 Рік тому +13

    In Poland we don't usually serve pierogi with any kind of sauce (Though I know one restuarant where they do) But from what I've seen on internet it's quite popular way to eat pierogi abroad.

    • @totebag132
      @totebag132 Рік тому +3

      I'm sure certain parts of Poland do it differently! My grandma/entire maternal family are from the old country and they have a traditional sauce for everything, including sourcream for pierogi (:

    • @lupyr1833
      @lupyr1833 Рік тому +4

      @@totebag132 There are some regional differences but I don't think they are very significant, I think the fillings are the part of pierogi that may be influenced by the region. I was just pointing out that in Poland eating pierogi with sauce is just uncommon and for some polish folks it may be even strange it, and please don't think that I'm saying that pierogi with sauce are worse because they are not. I should add that we do use sourcream with sweet pierogi (pierogi with strawberry filling etc) as a some sort of sauce. :)

    • @martinmortyry7444
      @martinmortyry7444 Рік тому +3

      apple sauce? Sure. Sourcream on the other hand is a MUST with Ruskie!

    • @lupyr1833
      @lupyr1833 Рік тому

      @@martinmortyry7444 Might try it the next time I eat ruskie

  • @3516C
    @3516C Рік тому +1

    I'm a three-and-a-half hour drive from home and the only pierogi I can get are Mrs. T's. Thanks Babish.

  • @SomebodysVincent
    @SomebodysVincent Рік тому +32

    Hey Andrew
    Just a quick tip - in my family we use an egg slicer when cutting mushrooms. Makes it easier and faster. :)

    • @johnhpalmer6098
      @johnhpalmer6098 Рік тому +2

      While that might be fine for some, but many of us have some modicum of knife skills and enjoy the process. 🙂

    • @cyann410
      @cyann410 Рік тому +2

      SCAM^^^

    • @johnhpalmer6098
      @johnhpalmer6098 Рік тому +5

      @@cyann410 You can report if you don't know how, mouse over the right side of the comment in question, you will see 3 vertical dots, click and chose report, scam is the option I think at the top. I did so already.

    • @SomebodysVincent
      @SomebodysVincent Рік тому +1

      @@johnhpalmer6098 I love the feeling of the knife slicing thorugh stuff. I just rather want to cut something else than mushroom - and it's faster.

    • @pepre7594
      @pepre7594 Рік тому

      @@SomebodysVincent this comment is kinda ominous lol

  • @partytranimal6293
    @partytranimal6293 Рік тому +1

    My polish grandmother makes these all the time. Usually she makes potatoes & cheese, sweet cheese, sauerkraut, and more recently, sauerkraut & kielbasa. Although we've never had them with applesauce or sour cream. If you wanna keep with the polish basics, I'll suggest galumpkis. I've never been a fan of them myself but it's an interesting dish nonetheless

  • @cambian2579
    @cambian2579 Рік тому +6

    One mistake when it comes to pierogi with potatoes. We add plenty of black pepper to the filling
    And yes, this should be spelled pierogi correctly, in the singular form it should be pieróg :D (ó = u)
    And last I personally recommend eating pierogi with potatoes with pickled cucumbers and buttermilk, best mix :D

  • @zakkujawa4950
    @zakkujawa4950 Рік тому +1

    My favorite filling that ive made consists of ground venison, raspberry jam, shallot, and reconstituted porcinis. Absolutely phenominal

  • @zuzannakarpinska5291
    @zuzannakarpinska5291 Рік тому +106

    kinda americanized but pretty accurate! they look really yummy

    • @sedfgh
      @sedfgh Рік тому

      @Babish_CulinaryUniverse. scam don't follow that

  • @BboyFlimsy
    @BboyFlimsy Рік тому +8

    To all the Polish folk that have never heard of having pierogi with apple sauce, it's very common in Pennsylvania, kind of a staple here. Not sure if it originated here, but in Pittsburgh it's super common and a lot of the locals will act as if the pierogi was invented here. Here pierogis always come with cooked onion and/or applesauce.

  • @borek256
    @borek256 Рік тому +4

    Great you take a chance with polish food.
    One thing "pierogi" is all ready plural so you don't heve to ad "'s" on the end. The one is "pierog" 😀. Next from Poland in my opinion you should try "gołąbki" (golombki) cabbage rool in tomato stew... Best for you from Warsaw.

    • @arturmical
      @arturmical Рік тому +1

      It would be funny also if he tackled the national "worker dish", the Schabowy z Kapustą ^_^

  • @ShinoSarna
    @ShinoSarna Рік тому +2

    I don't think that is the traditional pierogi dough, but that's actually great - traditional Polish pierogi dough is NOTORIOUSLY hard to work with and tricky, requiring hot water hydration and specific type of flour, so I love that there is an easier alternative. I might actually be able to make pierogi now!

  • @StopSpiderMan
    @StopSpiderMan Рік тому +5

    Something to make after reaching 10 mil subscribers:
    The Simpsons- Ethiopian Dish (The Food Wife episode)
    The Owl House- Fried Orb
    Cruella- Baroness' Lunch
    The Looney Tunes Show- Daffy's Complicated Banana Split (Peel of Fortune episode)
    Steven Universe- Literally All Toppings Pizza

  • @iloveshw
    @iloveshw Рік тому +1

    Pole here - a few notes:
    - You mix the name between "pierogi" and "pierogis" in the video - it's just "pierogi", it's already plural form of "pieróg"
    - The ones with potatoes often have fried onions, like the ones you put on top in them. Sometimes also small chunks of bacon cubes (can be also put on top)
    - Never ever have I heard of using apple sauce on those, even when filled with sweet/vanilla white cheese (where it would make more sense)

  • @catharina_ell3148
    @catharina_ell3148 Рік тому +13

    Pierogi is my absolute favourite christmas dish, it just tastes like home ❤️

    • @FireLordVahn
      @FireLordVahn Рік тому +1

      it isn't wigilia dinner on Christmas eve without pierogi 😄

  • @autumnsmith9896
    @autumnsmith9896 Рік тому +1

    We boil before freezing and then sauté in butter when we are ready to eat

  • @czarnyekran9023
    @czarnyekran9023 Рік тому +15

    Pro tip for making a lot of pierogis:
    Dont cut the circles from dough and then add filling. Get your dough in the square shape, add your "filling balls" almost at the edge and then grab the edge and fold it over the filling. Now you can cut the half circles and you got a lot of pierogis faster.

  • @mannishboy3609
    @mannishboy3609 Рік тому +43

    HE DID IT! HE FINALLY DID IT! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR BABISH TO MAKE A PIEROGI VIDEO FOR A LONG TIME!!! YESS!!! GET YOUR PIEROGI ON, YOU ABSOLUTE UNIT!

    • @SOLiDNiTROGENv8
      @SOLiDNiTROGENv8 Рік тому +9

      And it was terribleeeee

    • @slunkzilla
      @slunkzilla Рік тому +4

      Wasn’t worth the wait tbh

    • @suiway
      @suiway Рік тому +5

      Seriously. APPLESAUCE. APPLE. SAUCE. Not fried onions, not bacon. Applesauce. I can't wait for the video about how spaghetti is topped with traditional italian soy sauce.

  • @sinaain
    @sinaain Рік тому +5

    Probably not traditional but we like mixing sauerkraut with potatoes for pierogi/vareniki feeling. The sauerkraut gives it sourness and flavour and the potatoes tone it down a little and give it a really satisfying, cozy feeling.

    • @bary450
      @bary450 Рік тому

      My eastern family used to make this kind of pierogies but it's not very popular elsewhere. Glad to find someone else talking about them!

  • @JTFun
    @JTFun Рік тому +1

    I come from a long line of Slavic pierogi makers... My aunt (RIP) always used the potato water in the dough. She claimed it made the dough softer.

  • @dotheflip4706
    @dotheflip4706 Рік тому +33

    Pierogi! Let's go Andrew!
    I'm glad you're teaching some Polish dishes
    Pierogi can be made with fruit and veggies as well
    Also your pronunciation is a bit off
    And the dough isn't forgiving, if you overcook them you're met with filling spilling out and very unpleasant overcooked dough

    • @paweolesniewicz2626
      @paweolesniewicz2626 Рік тому +2

      As a polish guy I say we can eat pierogies with sweet stuffing

    • @MacStyran
      @MacStyran Рік тому +4

      Next up ... Barszsz czerwony, Bigos and Żurek.
      Hopefully.

    • @dotheflip4706
      @dotheflip4706 Рік тому +1

      @@paweolesniewicz2626 Strawberry filling with sour cream on top?

    • @paweolesniewicz2626
      @paweolesniewicz2626 Рік тому

      @@dotheflip4706 no. Mostly strawberry and other berries and sprinkle of sugar on top.

    • @SmolSir
      @SmolSir Рік тому +1

      @@dotheflip4706 I have never eaten them with sour cream in the 20 years of my life and thousands of them consumed... But you can just swap the sour cream for a cream cheese, recommended!

  • @bluebelllove123
    @bluebelllove123 Рік тому +2

    I’m Polish and this looked great. I highly recommend the American Test Kitchen recipe for pierogi. The dough is delicious and tender and freezes and reheats beautifully.
    Also, try frying your pierogi in butter and adding breadcrumbs and garlic salt. It’s how my family has eaten them my whole life. 😋

  • @aquater9335
    @aquater9335 Рік тому +4

    Traditionally the meat for pierogoes is boiled nor fried. Nevertheless, glad to see some Polish accent in your show. Maybe try making bigos next

    • @nozyy5684
      @nozyy5684 Рік тому

      Tbf when I was young granda and nan always fried the meat I think fried tastes better 😅 I just buy frozen ones now because lazy 🤣

  • @theorder6365
    @theorder6365 Рік тому

    Me and my cousin re-invented these one year around Christmas. We were trying to make empanadas, but didn't use a recipe or do any research aside from what we already knew from family. We called them 'empi-kindas'. I knew that pierogi was an eastern European dish, but I never had them or looked them up until now, and we did basically this same recipe on accident-- aside from the filling and the sour cream, that is.

  • @mixedbagmixesmusic1967
    @mixedbagmixesmusic1967 Рік тому +9

    What a coincidence. I wanted to make pierogi the other night, but I didn't have the stuff for it. Followed his empanada recipe instead. °°

  • @rockytech123
    @rockytech123 Рік тому +1

    Putting butter in the dough is a new one for me. I usually use vegetable oil and they turn out pretty nice. My dad puts sour cream in the dough as well. . I also put onions in the potato and cheese filling.

  • @noamkorb-patti9197
    @noamkorb-patti9197 Рік тому +15

    I love pierogies

  • @EbonRaven
    @EbonRaven Рік тому +1

    When I am making a savory applesauce, I will often add a chili pepper (like a jalapeno) during cooking.. Just sliced in half and put in there, then fished out when I'm done cooking. It adds a bit of spice, but you can control how much, and the added kick is really pleasant with a lot of meat dishes.

  • @UumaZooma
    @UumaZooma Рік тому +4

    On any day in February, make Homer Simpson's Valentine Breakfast from, "I Love Lisa", episode

  • @terhop3780
    @terhop3780 Рік тому +1

    As a Polish man, I think we can agree to bestow Babish with the honorary Polish man title , although putting applesauce on pierogi is new to me

  • @ForTheSuperEarth
    @ForTheSuperEarth Рік тому +6

    It is spelled Pierogi, not Pierogies, but despite that, Polish chads approves your effort in your Pierogi making. Cheers from Poland 🇵🇱 🥟🥟🥟 🇵🇱

  • @clairemartinson9406
    @clairemartinson9406 Рік тому +1

    I love pierogis, thank you so much for sharing. I think Eastern European food is often over looked.

  • @pbanims
    @pbanims Рік тому +4

    Thank you for finally covering Polish dishes!

  • @willygoat9390
    @willygoat9390 Рік тому +1

    I remember earlier this year on a road trip, I stopped at a truck stop along I80 near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. They had a Pierogi dish on special that included Polska Kielbasa and onions over potato-cheese-filled Pierogi. It was delicious.

    • @Espanola4
      @Espanola4 Рік тому

      in Poland they are considered more of a funky pierogi, but still well known

  • @julietta89
    @julietta89 Рік тому +4

    BOTCHED! I've seen pierogi eaten with sour cream but never, ever with applesouce. At least not in Poland. In Poland we usually eat them with finely cubed onion fried either on butter or oil

  • @nathanielchrist102
    @nathanielchrist102 Рік тому

    I like the smooth jazz in the background so much more than any other music

  • @darthzayexeet3653
    @darthzayexeet3653 Рік тому +6

    Uwielbiam Pierogi. Bardzo dobrze wyglądają. Tylko troszkę za dużo Ameryka-style 😅

  • @ingap.2943
    @ingap.2943 Рік тому +1

    Just for precision. Traditionally we do not use bluberries in pierogi. We use bilberry. (Vaccinium myrtillus). The taste is so, so different. If you want to taste them we also make a bilberry jam. ( yes I know that bilberry is a bluebery but we are taking kitchen now not botany)

  • @alexathegator
    @alexathegator Рік тому +4

    I have never seen anyone eat pierogi with applesauce here. A traditional pierogi addition that I think you might've confused for applesauce is skwarki, which is tiny pork rind bits fried in lard rendered from fatback. It makes a great combo with the fried onion as topping!

  • @geminiguy9867
    @geminiguy9867 Рік тому

    I am Polish and made a desert Pierogi with Italian plums and served with heavy cream.

  • @sourcedcooking
    @sourcedcooking Рік тому +24

    You never cease to amaze! The idea idea of pierogi with apple sauce 😳

  • @ritzenhauf
    @ritzenhauf Рік тому +1

    I've started frying them, then adding a little water near the end and steaming them. Better texture imo

  • @bartoooooooooo
    @bartoooooooooo Рік тому +6

    chłopaki dobrze robią dobry przekaz leci

  • @TheWanderingDirector
    @TheWanderingDirector Рік тому

    My grandmother taught us how to make these from when we were very young, and we always make Pierogi on Christmas Eve as part of our traditional Christmas Eve meal. It's cool to see you making them, Andrew! Thank you!

  • @pawelkicman
    @pawelkicman Рік тому +4

    I can guarantee you that NOBODY is making Pierogi like this in Poland.

    • @suiway
      @suiway Рік тому

      What? Everyone knows applesauce is the perfect traditional topping for pierogi, just like soy sauce is the perfect traditional topping for spaghetti.

  • @piotrstypinski8348
    @piotrstypinski8348 Рік тому +2

    Babish finally made Pierogi, my Polish soul od happy ^^ And the apple sauce on Pierogi is an American invention

  • @paralaksomat
    @paralaksomat Рік тому +3

    I don´t know why every non-polish recipe I see inmediatelly fries pierogi after cooking them. In my family You ate them cooked and only fry the leftover ones the next day. Cooked ones are really tasty!

  • @etak666
    @etak666 Рік тому

    I live roughly 8 miles from the Mrs. T's Pierogies factory. have attempted to make my own but decided that I'd leave it up to them!

  • @drewkogiga
    @drewkogiga Рік тому +7

    HAHAHA really appreciate that you made pierogi! Honestly every person has different recipe, but it's the first time I saw anyone eating them with sour cream and apple sauce! It's really wierd honestly! I am a Polish person and I'm also learning in a cooking school, so yeaaah
    The most common recipe for pierogi dough is only boiling hot water and dough, maybe egg too. And Ruskie Pierogi are made with cottage cheese, potatos, sautéed onions salt and pepper!

  • @filipe.portes
    @filipe.portes Рік тому +1

    great choice,.Love pierogi, real comfort food to me, Never heard of pierogi with apple sauce tho...
    Frying is quite optional as well, my family never did It and the ones I've tried across Poland were sometimes just heated In a pan, not crisp at all.

  • @kingabochinska2890
    @kingabochinska2890 Рік тому +6

    Im Polish, i make pierogi and it's one of my favourite dishes so I've tried many. never heard of an applesauce thing tho... Unless it's for pierogi with sweet cottage cheese or fruit. Also, lack of onion in pierogi ruskie (ones with potatoes) hurts me XD And imo if you want to make sauerkraut and mushrooms ones, go for dried forest mushrooms - they have 1000 times more flavour than fresh ones

    • @kingabochinska2890
      @kingabochinska2890 Рік тому +1

      Also, i wouldn't use eggs while making dough. You can find it in store bought pierogi but no need for it in homemade ones - then you get nicer texture, more like wrappers, less like cake

  • @popkinbobkin
    @popkinbobkin Рік тому

    In Russia we call them Vareniki, my grandmother used to make them with fillings like mashed potatoes and mushrooms, and quark and cherries. Real comfort food!

  • @deerock94
    @deerock94 Рік тому +3

    Polish girl over here...I appreciate the effort but I can still tell just by looking at them that the dough is still a bit too thick and chewy.

  • @sophiastargazer
    @sophiastargazer Рік тому

    Growing up, we always made pierogi filled with ground beef and sauerkraut, fried, not boiled, served with caramelised onions (my grandmother is Polish).