I have been making my own Pierogies and now my friends want me to make them a batch. I will need to freeze them and my question is...do I boil then freeze or freeze after forming them ??

 

When my wife makes them she FORMS AND FREEZES,do not boil and freeze. This is coming from a Polish guy....

 

yummy pierogies!!!!!!!!

 

We've always formed, boiled, then frozen.

We do fry them after thawing them out though, some people don't.



Fruit based or cheese based are best done fresh IMHO.

 

You can do either, but forming then freezing will give you a way better shot at none of them sticking together, or to anything else while they're cooling and what not. Either way, lay them out on a pan with parchment and freeze them, then put them in a freezer bag as a group so they all keep their shape and stay separate.