Finnish Lihapiirakka

• Produce

  • 1/2 cup Onion
  • 1/2 cup Parsley, fresh

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Pasta & Grains

  • 1 cup Rice, pre-cooked white or brown

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 package Active dry yeast
  • 4 1/2 cups Flour, white
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Sugar

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 1/4 cup Milk

• Other

  • 2 pounds lean ground lean

Found on finnishfoodgirl.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
• 1 1/4 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 1/2 cups of white flour, more for kneading, enough to be firm but moist. (more for dusting)
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 2 pounds lean ground lean
• 1/2 cup onion (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1 cup pre-cooked rice (white or brown)

Directions

• Put rice in a rice cooker to cook, or cook on stovetop.
• Cook ground beef and onion together and add salt, pepper, parsley to taste, set aside.
• Add cooked rice to the beef and stir well. Set aside while you make dough!
• To make dough, first add yeast to warm milk and let sit for around 15 minutes until foamy.
• In a mixer, combine yeast/milk mixture, eggs, salt, melted butter, sugar, and add flour a little at a time until dough begins to come together and you can knead.
• Knead dough into a large bowl and set aside for 1 hour to rise. Place warm towel over bowl to aid in this process.
• After dough has risen, cut out circles of dough (freehand), circles will be roughly 4 inches in diameter.
• You can also use a cookie cutter, if you have a large enough one.
• Put meat/onion mixture in center of each circle then close up by using your thumbs around the sides.
• Use a pastry brush to brush on beaten egg mixture on each pie.
• Some recommend letting pies rise again for 1 hour before baking (optional).
• Heat oven to 400 degrees and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
• Serve and enjoy!