We’re Vanessa and Casey, and we’re the two sisters behind Jaju Pierogi. Sixty years ago, our Jaju (dziadziu, or grandfather) started a Polish food business with his brothers and sisters in Western Massachusetts—hand-crafting pierogi, golabki, and kielbasa for their community. Fast forward to the ‘90s and you’d find us spending our weekends cutting, stuffing, and sealing pierogi in the back kitchen alongside our elders.
Accustomed to buying mass-produced pierogi, friends and roommates started asking, “Hey, where did you get those?”, and we laughed for a while that we should start a pierogi business in Boston. Finally, in 2015, we decided to head to the family store and dust off our grandfather’s recipes. We got to work on the kitchen table, tinkering away and sampling to our friends, before beginning to sell our pierogi at farmers markets in Winter 2016. We named our business Jaju Pierogi as an ode to our family’s story and the inspiration behind our brand.
Now we Introduce our Gluten Free Potato & Cheese pierogi!
Our classic pierogi made with rice flour as our wheat-alternative. The same buttery potatoes, onions, spices, and farmers cheese. Pair with sauerkraut, sour cream, or some sauteed onions! We make each batch of our pierogi from scratch, using the same ingredients that you’d find in your family’s pantry. Our recipes haven’t changed since our first days working on the kitchen table.
