Baking Demo 2016

Erkki's Famous Donuts and Rice Pies Baking Demo

Nothing beats homemade delicacies in a cold autumn day. Our former FMA president, Mr. Erkki Miettinen has a secret; he makes good donuts! On top of that, he also know how to make the finnish traditional rice pies. Why buy from the stores if you can make them yourself?

Donuts

Ingredients:

1 liter of milk

4 dl sugar

2 packets of yeast (can use dry yeast too)

300g butter

2 packets of coconut fat (brand, Cocos) to deep fry with

2kg of flour

3 eggs

salt

cardamom

                                                       flour & coconut fat                                                        

cardamom

Steps:

Warm the milk up to 45 degree Celsius

Melt butter in a pan and put aside

Once the milk has cooled down a bit, pour milk into a bowl and add sugar and eggs. Mix and then add the yeast, salt (accordingly) and cardamom. Mix well.

Add flour and melted butter and make sure to mix well. Tip: Add half of the melted butter and flour, mix well before adding them into the milk mixture again.

Once the mixture has turned into a dough-like pastry, proceed kneading with hands

Fill hot water into the sink, put the bowl with the dough in and cover the bowl with a towel and let it sit for an hour or until the dough rises

Take the dough out from the bowl and knead and cut into smaller portion or balls. Cover with towel and let them sit for another half an hour.

Use a deep pan to melt the coconut fat to 170 degree Celsius

Make a hole in the middle of the dough and deep dry till both sides turns brownish in colour. Put aside to cool a while and garnish with sugar.

Riisipirakka- Rice pie

Ingredients:

4dl rice for porridge (riisipuuro)

4dl water

salt

2 liter of milk

melted butter

For the pie you will need:

Rye flour

A bit of wheat flour

water

oil

salt

milk & wheat flour

 rye flour & porridge rice

Steps:

Put the oven to 250 degree Celsius

Put the rice to boil with water. Add milk after the rice is ready (refer to the riisipuuro packet on how to make the rice porridge)

To make the pie:

Mix a bit of water, rye flour and wheat flour together. then oil and salt (refer to the instruction on the rye flour packet on how to make the dough) Tip: Use a little of oil on your hands when kneading to avoid the dough from getting stuck between your fingers

Knead the dough into a roll and cut into smaller pieces.

 Roll them flat. 

Put a spoonful of rice porridge on the flat pie dough and shape them into a leaf-like shape

Brush melted butter all over the pies and put into the oven.

The pies are ready when they are brownish in colour and best eaten with boiled eggs and butter (munavoi)

Happy faces enjoying their hard work!