Lihapiirakka

Name: Lihapiirakka
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 3 cups flour, for dough; 300g ground beef; 1 cup rice, cooked; 1 onion, chopped

Lihapiirakka/LEE-hah-peer-ahk-kah/

Also known as: Finnish Meat Pastry

About this dish

A deep-fried pastry pocket filled with rice and ground meat, a popular Finnish street food.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour, for dough

🥩300g ground beef

🍚1 cup rice, cooked

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Make a yeasted dough and let it rise.

Cook ground beef with onion and rice for the filling.

Roll out the dough, fill with the meat and rice mixture, and fold into a pocket.

Deep fry until golden brown.

Serve warm with mustard and ketchup.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Lihapiirakka is a beloved Finnish savory pastry, commonly sold at kiosks and often topped with mustard and ketchup.

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