KARELIAN PASTIES

What do you need?

I Filling:

1/2 l water
3 dl pudding rice
9 dl milk
1 1/2 tsp salt

II A Doug for Sheets:

2 dl cold water
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 1/2 dl rye flour
1 1/2 dl wheat flour

How to make it?
Filling:

  1. Sprinkle the uncooked pudding rice into a boiling water. Boil until there is no water left.
  2. Add the milk and stir for a couple of minutes. Then cook at low temperature for about 30 minutes to make a thick porridge.
  3. Season with salt and finally let the porridge cool.



 The Sheets:

  1. Mix water and salt and rye and wheat flour.
  2. Mix the dough until it is solid and compact.
  3. Form the dough into a bar and divide it into 20 pieces.
  4. Round the pieces into balls and flatten into cakes. Sprinkle table and hands with rye flour.
  5. Roll out the cakes into very thin sheets (diameter 17 cm)
  6. Spread filling on the sheet, turn the edges partly over the filling and close pasties.
  7. Bake in hot oven (300 degrees Celcius) for about 15 - 20 minutes.
  8. When the bottom of the pasties is slightly browned and there are some brown spots on the filling, the pasties are ready.
  9. Brush them all over with melted butter or a butter and water mixture.
  10. Serve hot.