Last Saturday The Boaratis came over for a pre- Christmas get-together, as they will be flying off to America for Christmas. They are mostly non meat eaters, so I thought I’d make some pierogi. I have no more twarog though, used up all my stash from the freezer, so I had to get creative. I substituted it with feta and made a batch of “Greco- Ruskie”, not too bad, but twarog really is the best option. I had some festive Ula Pedantula on youtube, big glass of water and quite enjoyed making pierogi for Molly, Enrico and the kiddos.

The other batch I filled with a combo of dried porcini mushrooms and some cup mushrooms too, these were my favourite and I’ll be making more for Christmas eve.

What made my evening were the kids, Nina, Elio and Izzie, happily stuffing their faces with my effors, eating, and helping themselves to more. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Molly brought the dessert, a lovely, creamy, simple and very well made vanilla cheesecake, plus some very posh cherries in syrup to go with it. It was very much enjoyed.

A certain Gino took to Enrico and made himself very comfortable on his lap.

It was a lovely evening!

The remaining pierogi panfried the next day made us a lovely lunch. 🙂