Polish 'Jagodzianki' with Jasmine macerated Blueberries & Thyme
Hiiii! I'm Kaja and I love to bastardize food. I take recipes that I know from childhood, learned during travels or while living in other countries and I bastardize them. I add Korean Kimchi to Italian pasta, throw Chinese crispy chili oil on German, French & Swedish dishes and like today, bake traditional Polish blueberry yeast buns with a twist. Traditional Jagodzianki are blueberry filled buns, made from a yeast dough, covered with a crumble, powdered sugar, sometimes with a sugar glaze. These aren't just buns to me, they're special. They aren't only tasty but bring me back to childhood, everytime I see or eat them. My mom’s parents were Polish, living in Warsaw. They had a country house not far away, where we would drive with my granddad’s light blue old BMW. It smelled dusty and like old car but in a nice way, making me excited every time I had to sit squeezed in there. Usually, I sat between my mom and dad, sometimes other people, who would go with us to the w...
