The August 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by LizG of Bits n’ Bites and Anula of Anula’s Kitchen. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make pierogi from scratch and an optional challenge to provide one filling that best represents their locale.
Ah, I thought I would be able to post on time for once! True to myself, however, here I am, three days late!
As a Polish girl, I am fairly well acquainted with pierogi. A few years ago, however, somebody introduced me to the idea of blueberry pierogi. I've had plans for the last two summers to get to know this particular version of our beloved dumplings a little better, but never got around to it. The Daring Cooks finally "forced" me to do it.
I used Karolcia's shockingly simple recipe.
The dough is made of only flour, a pinch of salt, and boiling water. No butter or eggs. While I am very fond of these two ingredients, they do make the dough a little slipperier to handle.
The filling: a few raw, fresh blueberries. No need to cook them first.
Wrap the dough around the blueberries, boil the little packages, and enjoy with sour cream and sprinkled sugar. Smacznego!
