Pierogi with fruit filling?

I am of fullblood Polish hertitage. I recall eating dumpling full of fruit like apple cherry, plum, etc. I grew up with variations of perogi, to include apple and prune filling. And potato, kapusta,and farmers cheese as well. But I still (after decades)have not seen the fruit filled dumplings that impressed me as a kid. I have seen somekind of fruit filled dumpling in the frozen foods at a store in Scranton. Maybe I am confusing perogi with something else. I remember them on the huge table of food at Grandma's house at Christmas.

2 problems:
- store bought food will never replace home made cooking, which leads me to another issue: memories form childhood always hold memories not real taste;)

For me the best Polish fruit filled pierogi are "pierogi z jagodami" (blueberry dumplings). They are absolutely delicious but should be home made. Though they are not served for Christmas.

They might have been dumplings with dried forest mashrooms or mashrooms and sour cabbage, as they would be usually served for Christmas.

If you live in the US, then this is the place where you can buy the best pierogis

alexandrapierogi.com

Don't buy pierogi. Make some.

don't make pierogi. make some love.

Indeed, this place has good pierogi. For the holiday's, the line in the store is huge, and the wait sometimes over 1-2 hours!

they re-build that whole corner and with all the girls working there now
I didnt have to wait more than 5 mins

Alexandra`s is the bomb, people might talk but once you eat one,,ur hooked for life:)

try going there the week of wigilia, you'll spend more than 5 min looking for parking, let alone the line :)

ya, that might not be a good time, I believe you

My freezer is stocked,,hehe
I was there Saturday:)

Oh, got a good source in Elmira ,NY. The perogi are potatoe/cheese and saurkraut. They are really delicious. EXCELLENT! And it helps the church too. Will keep searching.

Try making your own, if you have a food processor this will make kneading the dough a hundred times easier! I think its fun, my mama and I do it together for Wigilia

i think you don't need make pierogi.

what, we can just close our eyes and imagine they are there?

making pierogi is very production intensive.

i love alexandra's. :)

you can google pierogi recipes, it'll lead you to some sites.

I love strawberry pierogi. I was going to make some ruskie pierogi tonight, but having soup instead. I'll see if I can post some recipes from my mother's polish cookbook...on the sweet varieties.

you mean your mummy's?

she doesn't make them.. too much work. haven't had a homemade pierog since grandmas passed on. :(

you should take over after her... ;)

i feel the same as she does.. too much work and alexandra's is definitely cheap enough. :D

i don't need pierogi as much as i need krokiety... ;)

i've never had those.. my try making them sometime in the future.. i'm working on making polish bread right now.. i think i have all the ingrdients finally. :) pics to come

try it you will love it :)


i heard that when you make bread, you have to be really angry... to squash the dough properly... ;)

damn.. since i just recently returned from a great vacay.. i have no anger... oh well.. maybe i'll hang around here a bit more... that'll take care of that. :D


why don't YOU show me how? ;) :D

yeah.... i could pi55 you off if you want... ;P


i don't make them... :D

why not?

and thanks. i'm ok not being pissed off. :D

too much work... i live in America... i buy dinners in a box and then prepare them in 5 mins... lol... ;)

but that's yucky.. cooking pl food keeps you a bit more connected... no?

of course it is! :)


yeah... it connects me to my mum who tells me by the phone what to do next.... ;P

see.. cook it up.. i'll be down to test your work. :D I think you can make some pierogi.