Whuh-oh... Pierogi soup and what not to do...
Not every recipe on the SupermarketValueFood® blog is a success, so I thought I would share with you one recipe that didn't quite make the grade...
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| Not quite as bad as LSD in the marinara sauce, but still, this pierogi in broth recipe wasn't good. Thanks to Google Deep Dream for the image. What is it with it and dogs...? |
It started out with good intentions. I picked up a bag of frozen pierogi from one of your favourite cheap Eastern European supermarkets that has four letters in its name. £1.99 for a kilo of meat-filled dumplings. Hurrah! Or so I thought...
So I went about making a nice broth to go with these.
Ingredients (per person)
1 large handful of pierogi
1 chicken stock cube
500mls boiling water
1/2 a celery stalk
1 medium sized carrot
1/2 small onion
1/2 a clove of garlic, smashed with salt then finely chopped into a near paste
1 tsp paprika
1tsp vegetable oil
To garnish
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1 tablespoon of pickled cabbage
1 dollop of sour cream
salt / pepper / etc, to taste
Method
In a small saucepan, sweat the chopped vegetables and spices in a little oil for 8 minutes or so, until the onion turns translucent. Add the boiling water, stock, and spices to brew up for 10 minutes. Now add the pierogi and bring to the boil for about 7 minutes from frozen. Serve and dollop some sour cream and pickled cabbage over the top of the dish. Taste and season.
*munch*
The broth is good and the sharpness and contrast of the pickeld cabbage with the veg and the sour cream is lovely, but there's no getting away from the fact that these frozen pierogi are a travesty. *Urgh!* The texture is awful and the filling is not to be spoken of. Well, I can't expect to improve every budget food I buy...
I shall be attempting to rescue this packet I bought somehow, but for the time being, can I suggest you visit your nearest Polish deli and buy fresh pierogi, as they are infinitely better.
A more successful cheap recipe in the next post...
