Week 211: Creamy Pierogi Soup

Happy Thursday!

On the menu for TUESDAY, JANUARY 17th is CREAMY PIEROGI SOUP and MULTI-SEED BREAD. This hearty and delicious soup combines mini pierogies with smoked sausage and fresh kale in a creamy broth your whole family will love.

Pierogies, native to Poland, are little purses of noodle dough and filled with potato, onion and cheese. This is one of my most requested soups and I wanted to get it on the menu quickly in 2023 because I felt bad I ran out of time to make it before 2022 ended.

The soup begins with sautéing diced bacon in the pot until crispy. The bacon is removed and saved for a crispy garnish.

Next, sliced kielbasa sausage, carrots, onion, garlic and fresh thyme are added. Homemade chicken stock, mini pierogies, chopped fresh kale and a dash of nutmeg are mixed in. Once the perogies are cooked, the soup is garnished with the diced bacon and fresh parsley.

My bread companion this week is my MULTI-SEED BREAD. This delicious bread is dark, slightly sweet and has a satisfying crunch from the multi-seed topping. Not only is it fantastic fresh from the oven, if you can save some for breakfast it makes the best toast!!