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Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)

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Maitorieska (milk rieska, pronounced "RE-ehskuh") is a barley-based flatbread that is a local specialty and a very traditional food in the Ylivieska area of Finland.

Yield 1

Ingredients

  • 250 ml (1 cup) cold milk
  • ⅓ teaspoon salt
  • 250–330 ml (1–1½ cups) barley flour

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 300°C (570°F), or as high as it will go.
  2. 2
    Combine milk and salt, and add flour. Mix the ingredients well to make a dough.
  3. 3
    Knead into a flat, round bread (about 0.5 cm / ¼ inch thick).
  4. 4
    Bake on an oven tray for about 10 minutes or until the surface gets some darker spots. Alternatively, fry it in a pan on the stove or on open fire.
  5. 5
    Eat fresh with butter and cold milk.
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Maitorieska_(Finnish_Barley_Flatbread)