Pierogies would be an S-tier carb if they didn’t have to be stored in the freezer.
>t. big city rentoid who has filled limited freezer space with meat and bread

>>21488286 (OP)
>pierogies have to be stored in the freezer
???

I store them at my local Russian market. Then when I go to pick them up I tip them to show my appreciation.

>>21488286 (OP)
put them in a fridge.

>>21488286 (OP)
Pierogi would be great if making them wasn't so time consuming.
Store-bought are shit even in Poland.

>>21488286 (OP)
You can store them in fridge for several days
>>21488390
They take like 30 minutes to make from scratch

>>21488390
It's not hard to buy good pierogi in poland, there are premium ones everywhere. I often buy the cheap supermarket stuff though, since its very cheap and honestly still quite good.

>>21488433
>They take like 30 minutes to make from scratch
Nope. You are delusional.
Preparing potatoes alone takes more time.

>>21488286 (OP)
I deep fry them in salted butter and it makes it worth it.

>>21488524
Preparing potatoes does not take 30 minutes. You skin and cut them up in 3-4 minutes (for a large serving of pierogi ruskie you need only a couple of big potatoes), and then leave them to boil for 20 minutes, during the time which you can do whatever else.
It depends on the filling but for pierogi ruskie the filling is not really a lot of time, just boil potatoes until soft and brown some onion, then mash it all together.
Most of the time is spent on filling them especially if you are inexperienced or do a large batch (unlike everything else time spent filling and forming the pierogi scales linearly with the amount ). For 1 or 2 people, you can relatively easily do it in around 30-45 minutes, including the resting of the dough.
If you do it for more people, then you can save a lot of time because making the filling and making the dough are completely independent tasks so you can do them at the same time, albeit the dough does not take much time to do, maybe 10-15 minutes mixing and kneading plus some rest time.

>>21488286 (OP)
Not all go in freezer.

>>21488851
Correct, those should go in the trash.

Are you thinking of pelmeni? You can make pierogi fresh. Hell, you can make pelmeni fresh but what is the point? This stuff is the maruchan ramen of the baltics.

>>21488286 (OP)
do they really HAVE to go in the freezer? I know the premade ones come frozen but you could probably keep them in the fridge if you're going to eat them within a few days. or make them yourself, or buy fresh.

>>21488286 (OP)
youre on /ck/ and you cant make these? fucking nigger faggot

>>21488286 (OP)
Limited freezer space? But you can't fit these little fuckers in? Are you a lesbian, perchance? Do you make dishes with your menstruation?

>>21488286 (OP)
>freezer
What the fuck anon.
>>21488293
Nah, they are meant to be cooked and eaten on the same day. I miss grandma's varenyki - some with potato stuffing, some with cottage cheese, but the best ones were with cherries. And then there are those with ground meat, patte, hash.

>>21488286 (OP)
Man, I feel sorry for people without access to Slavic delis and stores. We got all kinds of those in my city and I just get pierogi fresh whenever I want them. Why would I ever eat an inferior frozen product?

>>21488964
And if I want something a little different I go to the Uzbek market down the street.

>>21488286 (OP)
>bread in the feezer

>>21488433
Get a pasta roller and a dumpling press.

Never had pierogi before, but I often make mandu and freeze them. You can heat em in a pan but I like to air fry them as well. If there is a difference between fresh and frozen, I can barely tell. Just make sure to freeze them on a tray first before putting them into a container, so they don't stick together.

But don't buy the packaged frozen shit from the store. That's nasty.

>>21488286 (OP)
>pierogie is the plural of pierog
>you can fridge them
>op is a retard

>>21488745
fuck off and actually be realistic with prep times, dumb nigger

>>21488745
This is bullshit and you know it. I don't even bother with making them in low quantity, 100 is the minimum.
Using hot potatoes for the stuffing is an awful idea. So just cook your potatoes in advance. Not only that but if you "just mash it all together" you will end up with chunks.
You want to use pic related or meatgrinder to get smooth texture for white cheese and potatoes.
Chopping up onions and getting it nice and caramelized also takes 30 minutes or so. You also want to make the garnish.
You can do some things in parallel but you can't do everything at once.
Having 2 people in the kitchen will cut prep time in half for sure.

>>21489199
100 is Christmas level, it will take you a long time for sure. I do 10-15 because that is how much I eat.
Using hot potatoes is normal and it makes it far easier to mash. I also use hot onion. And you don't want your onion to carmelize, it should be fried until its golden.
I don't care for the meat grinder either. I mash twaróg and potatoes together and then add onions. It's still good and smooth.
>garnish
I usually eat pierogi ruskie on friday and then I just put some melted butter on them. Diced bacon rarely if I happen to eat them not on friday.

>>21489271
If I'm going to have clean everything afterwards, I'm not just making baby sized portion. I can easily eat 30-40 at once.
Freshly cooked potatoes are simply more sticky, in general if you buy wrong potatoes you are fucked. I like it when the filling is very firm because it will get softer later on and it's easier to work with.
I like using 1/3 smoked pork belly, 1/3 fresh lard, 1/3 caramelized onions for garnish.

>>21489293
>30-40 at once
Nigga that's 3000-4000 calories

>>21489311
I doubt that, 1k of pure sugar is 4000kcal.
I only eat once a day so even if it's 2500kcal that's not a problem.

Whenever I have pierogies, I always fry them. Is this the correct way, or is boiling them better?

Now then, how does everyone prefer their pierogi? Just FYI, steamed/boiled is objectively better than fried.

>>21489385
As a student I always fried the supermarket ones for 6zł a pack to max out the calories with oil and since they aren't really good tasting in the first place
Boiled is better if they're good quality pierogi imo

Freshly made - boiled
Reheated, store bought - fried

>>21489052
Bread freezes pretty well usually. I keep bagels in my freezer.

>>21488286 (OP)
You don't store pierogies. You create then eat.
You only store the ingredients, of which go either in the pantry or the fridge. What are you doing???????

>>21489492
I boil mine and then brown them real quick in some avocado oil.

I like this brand and they have all kinds but I can't find them at Meijers.

Anyone chops the pierogies before serving, like pasta?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y4AO3S4j5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22b6kSo2BIQ

>>21490905
Kys

>>21488745
Those are internet recipe prep times, you gotta multiply it by 2 to get the real one

>>21488286 (OP)
I like to have carmelized onions with mine and that takes an hour by itself, so that's why I don't have them as often as I would like. They're very cheap and tasty.

>>21489492
Cooked from raw is better than fried, but when reheating, frying is better than boiling them again or microwaving.
They are the best freshly cooked, with cracklings and fried onion, you leave a bit of the salty water on them and it mixes beautifully with the melted lard.

Can you put frozen pierogies in a conventional oven or does it have to be fried, boiled etc?

>>21492480
You can but it'll be shitty and dry.

>>21492480
you can, I do them in my toaster oven sometimes when I'm lazy. it's not the best but it's passable.

Makin' some pierogi as we speak

dumplings require some effort, and making pierogis somehow results in something that tastes like no effort was put into it
miserable dumpling from poland

>>21488286 (OP)
if your freezer is full you don't need to buy more food

>>21493290
wtf is that whole wheat bullshit, not cool man

Delish
>>21493318
Best flour