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Perfect Polish Pierogi with Damian Kordas | Jamie Oliver


hey guys Jamie here and today I am
cooking with my polish friend Damian we
have been meaning to cook together for
one year I’m gonna tell you about that
in a minute
but we’re gonna cook the most delicious
Bogey’s get on Bo get Piero deep inner
perfect
it’s with mashed potatoes smoked cheese
cranberry gel and we eat and on
Christmas time let me just explain who
Damian is he’s one master chef in Poland
right he’s published in the last two
years three cookbooks
tell them it’s complicated tag my photo
on Instagram and tell my followers to do
the same basically I got stoked
Polish people and in the end I had to
find him and then we agreed to me and to
cook and today is the day so we start
with the pastry we use the flour it’s
important to use warm water just
tablespoon of oil and then you just need
this for like three three four minutes
until it’s smooth yes now give it to the
rest I have a tip when you boil your
water here’s your bowl yeah so heat warm
yes okay and then this warm bowl and now
half hour and then let it relax yes we
could now make your filling that’s right
so we have an onion finely sliced and
we’re gonna fry these onions in
clarified butter yes a little bit of
salt when did you discover your passion
for cooking I always watch my grandma
while she’s cooking and what’s her name
Fela Fela yes smoked cheese I’ve never
seen the cheese like this this is the
traditional polish cheese very popular
in mountain in Poland yeah I can you try
yes of course it almost feels like like
a firm mozzarella
yes but smokes knows yes yes so I guess
any good cheese that melts is gonna be
delicious right yes right cheddar smoked
cheddar yeah it’s really perfect so
what’s next Damian yes here’s how our a
mashed potato mm-hmm we
our grated OPEC about three or four
tablespoons of cottage cheese this is
cranberry gem and onion we cannot okay
now mix it nutmeg just a little pepper
just a little just a little he said so
using some cream yes delicious this is
exciting this dough have to be thin how
do I know when it’s thin enough when you
see your finger under there okay
beautiful we can cut it start to filling
how much more MORE yes and you see you
pull it up like this yes pin your sides
together first yes like this and then do
you do anything else do you doing yes
Oh nicely like this right okay so if
it’s Christmas time yeah and if
pierogies are important yeah and if the
whole family is sitting down making
pierogies do they have a little vodka or
little you know in Christmas if you
can’t drink for the first founder okay
in Christmas I know a lot of Polish
people and I’ve never seen them look at
the start so what time is the first day
about six seven we have some boiling
water here pierogi go in and then we fry
yes
clarified butter yep so the pierogies
are floated to the top detritus so then
one minutes and it’s done okay and then
how long do you fry them for my friends
till they’re golden yes
oh you have the crispy side and the soft
side yes a sour cream chives and that’s
it now is it
what would you normally drink with this
in Poland
thanks a cup of tea no milk or sour milk
soy milk okay this one is later
[Laughter]
delicious
it’s got sweet it’s got soli it’s smoky
it’s soft its crunchy if you love
dumplings if you love gyoza then you’ve
got to go and get yourself some polish
get on you all of these details are in
the link below now we’re gonna have some
milk sorry
[Laughter]
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