Karjalanpiirakat (Karelian Rice Pasties)

Ingredients

• •Pastry:
• •3/4 cup water
• •1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• •1 1/4 cups rye flour
• •3/4 cup white flour
• •Filling:
• •Rice pudding or 1/2 portion mashed potatoes
• •1 egg
• •3/4 cup boiling milk
• •3 tablespoons melted butter for brushing the pasties

Directions

1. 1Prepare the filling and mix in one egg
2. 2Mix together the water, salt and flour
3. 3Shape 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. 4Fill the center of each with the rice pudding or mashed potatoes, fold over the edges and pinch tightly.
5. 5Bake for a short time in a 575 degree Fahrenheit oven.