It's Paczki Time!

WDCB’s Gary Zidek catches up with Delightful Pastries owner chef Dobra Bielinski to talk all things Paczki.

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WDCB's Gary Zidek catches up with Delightful Pastries owner Dobra Bielinski to talk about all things paczki.

“What makes a paczki a paczki instead of jelly doughnut or a bismark, is that you eat it for the dough. The dough is supposed to be fluffy, when you bite into it, it’s supposed to spring back. A lot of the jelly-filled doughnuts have tons of filling, but very little dough, and when you bite into it, they flatten out like a pancake, is which is a big ‘no-no’ for paczki.” - chef Dobra Bielinski talking about the what differentiates a great paczki from a not-so great one.

Some of the tasty paczki available at Delightful Pastries

A look inside a glorious paczki made at Delightful Pastries

Celebrating Fat Tuesday will look different this year, but Chicago-area residents will still have plenty of options when it comes to getting some paczki. Bakeries and grocery stores all over the area are serving up every imaginable flavor of the Polish pastries. But not all paczki are created equal. Delightful Pastries’ chef Dobra Bielinski says many of the “paczki” that pop up around this time of year are really glorified doughnuts. Bielinski says the keys to a fantastic-tasting paczki is the dough and of course the quality of the ingredients.

You can learn more paczki and the all the tasty treats at Delightful Pastries by visiting delightfulpastries.com