Hello from your neighbouring Sweden! Last time I was in Finland, I had the great pleasure of participating in the resturant Finnjävel’s [Lepuskafestarit](https://finnjavel.fi/lepuskafestarit/), and not a day goes by without thinking about how good that bread tasted. Very salty, matched perfectly with the rich cream and roe…
Does anyone have a good recipe so that I can try recreating it at home? Found a few that I googled translated online, but they all differed a bit so I’d like to hear some personal opinions if possible 🙂
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Maybe you can try contacting the restaurant in Instagram for the recipe or something. I bet they would be honored to receive such a compliment.
Good luck!
Ok, quoting from the page
“Etelä-Karjalasta kotoisin oleva pehmeä, perunainen rieska valtaa tänäkin vuonna Finnjävelin Salin alkuvuoden Lepuska-festareilla.”
Being from South-Carelia myself I am very familiar with lepuskas, which is classically made from leftover mashed potatoes and whatever it takes to keep the thing together to be able to bake it in the oven.
What Finnjävel has done is either a interesting fusion kitchen thing or butchering of our dear food tradition depending how you look at it. Though the only problem I have is calling something that very obviously isn’t lepuska lepuska. I have no doubt what they are selling tastes very good.
The things they have combined are lepuska and other thing with roots in Russia we in Finland call blinis (blinit, mentioned on the page too). Blinis are made in those small cast iron pans, include buckwheat and are served with the toppings listed on the page you linked. Incidentally Russians use the word for crepes like thing nowadays, but the thing was imported here when their Tsar was our Great Duke.
I assume the recipes you are finding is the original thing. Which leaves you with 2 options. Figure it out yourself or ask them. Blini recipes might help you with figuring out their thinking, but hot preferably cast iron pan and lots of butter will get a lot of the way there.
Edit: Fixed some typos I made from being so worked up.
Isn’t it liepuska? It’s Karelian for bread, I think.