Pierogies and Sausage

My great grand-parents migrated to Ellis Island, and onto Michigan, after evading Poland. They were avid farmers, that passed on wonderful knowledge of cooking. One dish I remember vividly is the pierogis. They are versatile and comforting, with many ways to add different meats, toppings, and flavors inside the Polish inspired dish. You can get creative with it and make it your own while keeping the easy recipe simple. I truly enjoy the amazing meals all cultures bring to our world.

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp Oil
• 1 Polska Kielbasa Sausage Rope, or Sausage of preference
• 1 white onion
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1tbsp Worcestershire
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 2 packages of frozen pierogies (any flavor) or if you want to get really authentic, making your own pierogies is not too hard! Think of a dumpling made of flour, egg, sour cream, and butter, with a filling of your choice, some people use potatoes, cheese, vegetables, even ground beef, go wild!
• Sometimes we add green peppers to the recipe.
  Toppings could include:
• Bacon, cheese, sour cream, green onions, etc.

Description:

1. Dice onions until translucent in half of the required oil. Add in Sausage for about 6 minutes, add in the rest of the oil and garlic, plus salt and pepper. After sausage is heated, move to the side of your pan, add in pierogies, cook like package says, as they will be most likely only need to be heated for a short amount of time. We add shredded cheese and sometimes sour cream on top of ours. Enjoy!

Submitted by: Sara Nelson in memory of her mother Linda