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  1. So they’re gnocci then? Im off to Dunnes to finally try them so.

  2. Where do you buy them? Any recommendations? I had them once in a Ukranian restaurant in New York and they were amazing!

  3. Any Polish shop should have a decent selection. IMHO the best ever Polish shop is Polonez in Smithfield (in the new apartment complex, on Stoneybatter side). They have loads of frozen stuff, pierogi included.

    The choice of stuffings is broad, from all kinds of cheese, meat and veg to fruit and even chocolate (OK this is a novelty but they do exist). The meaty ones are often quite fatty though.

    If you’re not fond of sauerkraut avoid “pierogi z kapusta”. Choose “pierogi z miesem” (with meat), “pierogi z serem” (with cheese) or “ruskie pierogi” (cheese and potato stuffing – warning – heavy!). “Pierogi z truskawkami/wisniami” (with strawberry/cherry filling) are delicious summer choice. Serve with cream and dust with sugar or spice!

    BTW if you want to impress your friends with your linguistic knowledge – the word “pierogi” is already plural (one “pieróg”, two “pierogi”).

    You can bake them in the oven too!

    Enjoy 🙂

  4. At last some love for pierogies! They’re fab.

  5. Marta, nice description of our favourite pierogi! 🙂
    However, the filling of “pierogi z serem” (dumplings with cheese) is sweet – vanilla fromage frais or something, they are were very nice though, but the name can be misleading!
    You can really buy pierogi in absolutely any Polish shop – frozen (in a plastic bag) or fresh (on trays in the fridge).

    Claire, gnocchi is slightly different than the abovementioned kind of dumplings. It’s called “kopytka” and there is no filling in it. We usually eat them baked or fried with bacon and onion, but you can eat it as the Italian do- with pesto. It seems it’s exactly the same: potato-flour dumpling. Worth trying!