Karelian Pasties (Karjalanpiirakat)
Karelian pasties (Karjalanpiirakat in Finnish) are traditional pasties from North Karelia, Finland. Today they are eaten throughout Finland. According to the traditional recipe, the pasties are made from a thin rye crust with a filling of rice. Butter, often mixed with boiled egg (munavoi), is spread over the hot pasties before eating.
Yield
20 pastries
Ingredients
- 500 ml boiling water
- 300 ml short-grain white rice
- 900 ml milk
- 1½ tsp salt
- 200 ml cold water
- 1½ tsp salt
- 350 ml rye flour
- 150 ml wheat flour
- 100 ml milk
- 50 g butter
- 50 g butter, softened
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- ¼ tsp salt (optional) (optional)
- ½ can (125 g) cottage cheese (optional) (optional)
- Yield:
- 20 pastries
Instructions
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1Mix the rice into the boiling water. Boil until the water has saturated the rice.
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2Add the milk, and stir the filling for a few minutes. Reduce heat and agitate the porridge. Cook for about 40 minutes. Stir the porridge every now and then. When the porridge is ready, it will seem thick.
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3Mix in the salt, and cool the porridge.
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4Mix the flours and salt into the cold water.
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5Knead the dough until smooth and pliable.
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6Shape the dough into a block, and divide it into about twenty pieces.
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7Roll the pieces into balls, flatten them into small discs, and cover them with plastic.
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8Roll out the discs into thin circles, approximately 17 cm in diameter.
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9Spread some of the rice filling in an oblong shape on each dough circle.
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10Crimp the edges together with your fingers to make a crust.
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11Bake the pasties at about 250–300°C for about 15 minutes, until the crust is browned.
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12Heat the butter and milk together until the butter is melted.
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13Brush the pasties with hot milk and butter.
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14Lay the pasties on each other and rest them under a towel and baking paper.
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15Beat together the munavoi ingredients, and use it as butter on the pasties.
- Method
- Baking
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026