How do you store Karelian pasties? In the refrigerator or at room temperature? Covered or uncovered? I want to keep them for 4-5 days. This is my first attempt as an American from a Finnish family, please be kind 🙂
How do you store Karelian pasties? In the refrigerator or at room temperature? Covered or uncovered? I want to keep them for 4-5 days. This is my first attempt as an American from a Finnish family, please be kind 🙂
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Store-bought ones here are kept in the fridge so I’d assume that was applicable to you too. In he plastic bag they came with. So yeah cover them up.
I assume my parents know what they are about. I don’t personally go in for Karelian pies much to the shame of my ancestors am sure.
Rice can go real funky real quick as my mom has found leaving last night’s leftover rice from chicken dinners.
Cheers to America! They look good, great first attempt! Next time just maybe a little less filling. =)
I would store them definitely in the fridge and maybe take out 1 hour before serving them to get some warmth or some may like to eat them a bit heated so maybe 20 seconds in microwave, depends on how hot you like them.
Egg butter goes great with those so I can recommend it.
All the best to you!! Thank you for sharing!
In a tupperware in the fridge, if I’m going to serve them in the next couple of days. Otherwise in the freezer.
They look tasty, the filling and rye dough look like they were made right. Here are some practical tips: Less filling next time and there should be more folds
Rice can develop some nasty bacteria very quickly. I recommend refrigerating the pasties asap and eating within a couple of days. You can also freeze raw pasties and bake them when desired.
They might not be perfect karlajanpiirakkas, but they look absolutely adorable.
1-2 days? In the fridge. 4-5 days? I’d definitely freeze them, those rice germs are no joke.
Please also considering posting them to /r/ruoka and letting the hungry people decide their faith.
3 days in the fridge, maybe more but I would be careful with rice as it spoils easily. Freezer for longer storage, you can melt them in oven or air fryer for like 5 mins in 200 C and they will become just like fresh.
They honestly look like they’d be fine you just have too much rice porridge in there so they look like they exploded.
The American version 😀 just kidding. Not a fan of these myself in general but not bad at all for your first try.
You want to fridge them as soon as possible after baking, without buttering, since butter will turn bad even in the -24C of the fridge. Then when you thaw them you want to almost flash bake them, as fast as possible then butter. They are best freshly butterd.
Next time, less rice porridge or more firm porridge and it will be better. But you can have 10 points for effort. also hotter oven. The oven needs to be as hot as it gets. the batter need to be almost fried of the heat not baked.
Fridge in a ziplock or tupperware for sure. My mom also freezes them when she makes a big batch and after ~ 20 sec in the ole’ nuke-o-nator they’re perfectly delicious.
Nice. I think next time less the rice stuff. At the fridge and covered. Later you can heat them at the microwave oven.
We keep ours in the fridge if we know we’re going to eat them within one or two days. Otherwise, into the freezer they go. They heat up nicely in a toaster oven. And don’t forget the egg butter!
I can’t stop laughing. They look cute. Practice practice practice.
I would like to eat em, Sir.
Better safe than sorry so fridge is the best option. Although I just want to point out that some of karelian pastrys are sold at the bread section. Which is not cold.
I normally store them in my stomach, and I recommend doing it while they’re warm.
My mother stores everything in the fridge. And these pies should definitely be there.
Proper rye dough, looks tasty! You already win most if not all the store-bought options which we have here in Finland.
For storing longer than a couple days freezing seems the best option.
Just chiming in to say well done!
You have violated those karjalan piirakat.
If you want to freeze them, don’t cover them with butter. 👍🏻 Good work on your pies. 😃😃😃
Those are Karelian Kirkkovene variation. Very nice, i have never been able to make them look like Kirkkovene as much as you did here. Grats man!
Like any other food: few days in a fridge. Even bread benefits from fridge storage.
Just re-heat them in an oven, a pan or in a microwave (~1 min) before consumption, use (egg)butter liberally.
Ive lived in finland my entire life. Literally ive never left the country and i cant make this good pasties. Unfair
Karjalanpiirakka is not easy to make. Those look awesome for first try.
In fridge. Ppl nowadays are too afraid of bacteria etc.. those will still be fine after 5 days, just cover them so they don’t dry.
Cute! Easy on the rice filling next time, though.
Ah, they are almost as ugly as my first attempt at these things, I love that. Just to clarify I don’t mean that as an insult, more like these fuckers are difficult to get perfect lol.
I’d keep them covered in a fridge!
Refrigerator.
You need to make them more… you-know-what-shaped 😉
Won’t last so long because those are so delicious ,they will be eaten in 2- 3 days .
Here’s a tip on how to do the wrinkles. https://youtu.be/SooggwruyAI
It is an art form all its own. It takes year’s to master.
My grandma would have a heart attack if she saw those
Bro what are those
I often put them in the toaster. So yes you can!
I would love to make some, does anyone have any recipes for Karelian pasties?
In the fridge or freezer, usually either covered or in a container. They have rice. Rice spoils in room temperature and dries if not covered/contained. Also the bread part also turns hard when left uncovered.
Also when eating them again after they’ve been in the fridge, i suggest either heating them on a frying pan or microwaving them. Cold Karelian pies are always a tad too dry. Also they taste better when the butter melts a bit.