Ingredients

Pastry:

1. 3/4 cup water
2. 1 ^1/2 teaspoons salt
3. 1 ^1/4 cups rye flour
4. 3/4 cup white flour

Filling:

1. Rice pudding, or 1/2 portion mashed potatoes
2. 1 egg
3. 3/4 cup boiling milk
4. 3 tablespoons melted butter for brushing the pasties

Directions

1. Prepare the filling and mix in 1 egg.
2. Mix together the water, salt, and flour.
3. Shape the dough into a long rope the thickness of your wrist and cut into 20 equal portions. Shape the pieces into flat, round cakes and form into a pile at the side of the baking table. Roll out each cake into a very thin circle. Set aside, but not on top of each other or they will stick together.
4. Fill the center of each with the rice pudding or mashed potatoes; fold over the edges and pinch tightly.
5. Bake for a short time in a 575°F oven.

Yields: 20 Karjalanpiirakkas