Karjalanpiirakka

Ingredients

• 1 cup rye flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup short-grain rice
• 3 cups milk
• 2 tbsp butter, melted, for brushing
• Egg butter (chopped hard-boiled eggs mixed with butter), for serving

Instructions

1. 1Cook rice slowly in milk until it forms a thick, creamy porridge; cool.
2. 2Mix rye flour, all-purpose flour, water, and salt into a firm dough.
3. 3Roll the dough into thin ovals.
4. 4Spread a portion of rice porridge over each oval, leaving a border.
5. 5Fold and crimp the edges up and over the filling in the traditional pleated pattern, leaving the center exposed.
6. 6Bake at 475°F for 15-20 minutes until the edges are speckled brown.
7. 7Brush warm pastries with melted butter and serve with egg butter.

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