Poland
Photo: Aw58, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedPierogi
/pjɛˈrɔɡʲi/pyeh-ROH-gee
Recording: Poemat, CC0
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- When
- Lunch & dinnerFestive
- Taste
- Savory
- Made with
- Wheat & flourPotatoDairy & cheese
History
Pierogi are half-moon dumplings of unleavened dough, boiled and often fried afterwards in butter with onion. The fillings tell the season: potato with curd cheese and onion, called ruskie, sauerkraut with mushrooms at Christmas, meat, or sweet fillings of blueberries and strawberries in summer. Polish legend credits a saint with bringing them in the 13th century, but nobody knows their origin; dumplings were common across Eastern Europe and Asia. A 1682 cookbook, Poland's first printed one, already has recipes. Kraków holds a pierogi festival each August, and families make hundreds for Christmas Eve.
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