ASMR Baking a Finnish Dish | itsenäisyyspäivän karjalanpiirakat

[@anna_kou]

I had almost forgotten about these! I used to have them and the carrot filled ones almost daily when I lived in Estonia. What a suprise this was to be recommended to me, a very relaxing video overall. :) Greetings from Greece.

[@KaukokaipuuASMR]

@@anna_kou Thanks! :) I didn't know Estonians also eat these, but it's not a big surprise since we live so close and share a lot of culture. I don't think I've ever tasted ones with carrot filling, but potato-filled ones are also typical in Finland (less popular than rice porridge though) and those are also really tasty!

[@KaukokaipuuASMR]

Here is the recipe: *Porridge filling* 2 dl water 2 dl porridge rice 1 l milk 1 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. butter *Dough* 2 dl water 1 tsp. salt 3 dl rye flour 2 dl wheat flour 1 tbsp. oil (canola oil or similar) *Butter on top* 1 dl water 60g butter 1) Measure water in a pot, bring to a boil and add rice. Let it boil for a couple of minutes and add milk. Stir and let the porridge boil lightly until it starts to settle. You can leave the porridge to simmer under a lid at the end, but remember to stir often, as milk can easily burn to the bottom. Cook the porridge for a total of about 40 minutes. Season with salt and butter and let it cool down. 2) Mix water, salt, rye flour and wheat flour in a bowl. When the dough is thick, use your hand to mix. Add oil. The finished dough should not stick to your hands or the bowl. 3) Form the dough into 20 balls. Flatten the balls into evenly thick "pancakes" and stack them. Sprinkle a lot of rye flour between each pancake, so that they don't stick to each other. 4) Roll the pastries out with a rolling pin into very thin pie crusts. (about 10-12 cm diameter). Stack the crusts on top of each other, again with a lot of flour between them. 5) Brush the exess flour off the pie crusts. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of porridge on the crusts. Spread with a wet knife from top to bottom, leava some empty space on the sides. Fold the sides of the pie over the porridge and sealthe pies by "ruffling" them with your index fingers. 6) Sprinkle a bit of flour on the baking tray and place the pies side by side on the tray. Don't use baking paper. Bake in 275 degrees for about 10 minutes (or if your oven has lower maximum power, bake a bit longer). 7) Melt the butter with water and spread that on top of the finished pies. The way Finns eat Karelian pies is like bread. You can enjoy them alone, or put things like margarin, cheese, ham or vegetables on top. They can be eaten both hot and cold. (Putting sweet things on top is extremely weird, many of my international friends like to do that but I have never seen a Finn do that)