Finnish Rye Pasty

Name: Finnish Rye Pasty
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 2 cups rye flour; 1 cup barley, cooked; 200g ground meat; 1 onion, chopped

Ruispiirakka/ROO-ees-pee-rah-kah/

About this dish

A rye-crusted pastry filled with barley and meat or vegetables, a rustic filling meal.

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Ingredients

🌾2 cups rye flour

🌾1 cup barley, cooked

🥩200g ground meat

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 3

Mix rye flour with water into a firm dough.

Cook ground meat with onion and mix with cooked barley for the filling.

Roll the dough into an oval and top with the filling, leaving a border.

Fold the edges up and over slightly.

Bake at 200°C (400°F) until the crust is firm and golden.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Rye-based savory pastries are common in traditional Finnish home cooking, valued for their hearty, rustic character.

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