What do you think? Do you have a recipe that you love but are too nervous to attempt? These are a Finnish staple, but growing up, we only ate them on special occasions. Do you have a similar recipe?
Found your channel couple of days ago and of course as a finn I've been intrigued about your videos on finnish things (finnish people are always interested what people outside think about us). We also have a tradition in our family to make carelian pies for bigger occasions. We made the crust with rolling pins with my grandmother and got her a "pasta machine" as birthday gift as her hands started getting weaker. The smooth roller on the machine is perfect for making the crust. Now we always use the machine and over the years have found the best settings to get the proper crust thickness. Looking forward to see more videos from you.
Thank you so much for watching my video! The pasta machine sounds like a great idea. I know what you mean about bigger occasions. That's when our mom made pulla! For us here in Canada it wasn't an everyday thing. All the Finnish items except for makaroonilaatikko were just something that was made on special occasions. I love sillisalaatti and I like to make it all year round, but that was a very Christmas thing for us here.
Thank you! Yes, I'm so happy I finally made them. They look intimidating to make, but they are actually quite easy! I love my Finnish food and really appreciate it when I get to visit in Finland and get to enjoy all my favourites.
Hello from Sydney, Australia. These looked great! I’ve made them half a dozen times over my many years and mine are never crisp. I need to practice more because my daughter and husband love them as much as I do. With egg butter of course! So, you popped up onto my feed a few hours ago and I have watched about 10 of your vlogs now. Choosing ones about Finnish things you might have in your home; your holiday to Finland; what you grew up eating; and about 3 on dementia. I’m the same age as you, but the youngest of 3, whose parents came from Finland to Australia. Both my parents were born in the south east in parts that now belong to Russia and had to move west when they were about 10 years old, and my mother cooked all that you mentioned growing up eating. They were country people but met in Helsinki when in their early 20’s. After my brother was born and before my sister was born they travelled to Australia on their own. So all my extended family remained in Finland. I have visited 4 times: aged 9 with my mother, then while my parents were there on holidays but I was living in Japan, then the next two times were with my daughter. After I retire, I will go with my husband who has yet to visit. I feel it’s important to keep that family connection, so they don’t forget us on the other side of the world. My daughter loves to learn all about it and while I never taught her or her brothers to speak Finnish, she recently started learning Finnish on Dual-lingo, and she’s doing okay. I am very proud of her. Shame my parents passed away in their 60’s and 70’s.
Hi @tiinah-b2326! Thank you so much for watching my videos! That means a lot to me. My dad's side of the family has been a mystery to us and we are slowly learning more. My dad's dad (our grandfather) died when my dad was only 7 years old. He had changed his surname before he married our grandmother. Only very recently did we find out possibly why he did that and who he really was. We thought my dad had no extended family. Turns out he did. But, he never knew them. Also, we moved from Helsinki to Canada when I was 6 years old in 1971. At that time another family in our building moved to Australia. Years later we met her at a Finnish event. She had moved to Canada too with her family. We were all much older, but I remembered her slightly. Crazy that long ago neighbours would tavel the world and decades later meet in a far away country! I think there are many Finns in Australia. I didn't teach my kids Finnish either which I'm sad about too. But, I really want to take them for a visit soon too as they have never been. I have brought my husband there and we enjoyed our time there. But, my favourite thing to do is go with my sisters 😀. Thanks again for watching. Is there anything in particular videos that you would like to see more of?
@@AnneliSchmidt yes, I grew up in a very Finnish community! I don’t mean that they lived in one particular area but that my parents made many Finnish friends and we went to Finnish events. Even my husband attended a couple when we met, but then it wasn’t something I continued with as I become independent. Perhaps I should have. At aged 22 my brother decided to go to Finland to do his national service there even though he didn’t have to. It’s great that he did as that really reconnected him to the country and the families. My sister has yet to visit Finland, but her partner is very interested so hopefully they can one day soon. As do I hope my brother can revisit with his partner as it’s been so long ago now for him. Australia is so far and not many have travelled from Finland to visit us. One uncle and one cousin on my father’s side, and one aunt and her son twice on my mother’s side. We had such wonderful holidays showing them around. I have wished others could come. Are you and your sisters involved in any Finnish community events in Canada? Perhaps that is something you could share here on your channel. My daughter and I enjoy looking for Finnish ware in second hand shops and markets? That could be something you could film if you have those opportunities near you. Time permitting of course as you are still working. Sydney being a big city means these opportunities are in abundance. But I have noticed in recent years the price on them has gone up so much, so it’s just nice to look and talk about them. I can’t really think of any other ideas, but will enjoy watching. Good luck with your search. That interests me very much.
I know what you mean that it's not very often you see extended family when you live in another far away country. We were lucky that our mummo came to visit yearly. I cherish those memories with her. My sister's do go to Finnish events around here. The Scandinavian centre here has a midsummer's festival and all the Scandinavian and Nordic countries are represented. Also, at Christmas time we go to the Finnish Christmas market. The Finnish Lutheran church does events also and we try to go to those. Mostly it's to by the baking that they have for sale 😁 My niece is really into thrifting and often finds Finnish items and will buy them. Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions for video ideas! Kiitos!
Greetings from Finland. Pies are looking delicious. I have a very old karelian pie recipe, it's some where from late 19th to very early 20th century and it uses barley groats porridge instead of rice, but it also mentions rice porridge as an option.
Properly made double boiler would help a lot with simmering milk based porridge and other heat sensitive stuff. You need to only stir like once per 30min when making rice porridge. Also if you can get oat groats somewhere, I'd suggest to try it instead rice as standalone porridge. Much tastier than rice one.
Typically, I had made rice porrige using water and then adding cream (vegan milk as I am allergic to dairy) in the end. No problem with overboiling or burning of the bottom layer of the porrige. Definately not original way but easy way. I also like to make extra riceporrige to eat day before, and make the rye dough according to amount of left over porrige. That way making karjalanpiirakka does not feel as overwhelming.
Thats pretty amazing. I grew up eating these all the time. My grandmom is from Karjala and she made them all the way until 96yo when she passed away. We ate them at her place when visiting and also she had them in the frige a lot and we always brought back some to eat at home. I've baked them once with my grandmom as a kid. It wasn't a huge success but they were good anyways :) For years I've been wanting to make them.. if you did maybe I will get into it as well! I even have my grandmoms old style rolling pin without the handles.. The potato ones became my absolute favorite in the later years.. as a kid I liked the rice ones more. But the finnish summer potato from my grandmoms garden was so so sweet inside the rye pie.. I remember my grandmom rolling the whole dough to like 0,5-1cm flat surface on the table and then using a cup or glass (5cm diameter) to make those dough pieces that you make into the pie. I guess it was pretty efficient way to do it and it was already a round shape to start rolling it into oval shape. I think the oven had to be pretty high temperature to get crispier.. and also the amount of filling needed to be conserved so that it cooked properly without burning too much on the surface. But yeah I'm trying to remember something from decades ago :) Thanks for the video..
What a geat memory! I don't know why I thought they were so complicated to make and held off making them for all these years. I'm going to try the potato one's next, I'm sure I'll love them! Great pointers about not over filling them and having the oven temperature high enough to make them crispy. Yes, try making them yourself! I'll definitely be making them again soon.
Hi, a new follower here, greetings from Oulu! You mentioned that next time you'd make the Karjalanpiirakkas crispier...I have a suggestion, put them in the toaster for 2-3 minutes and then try. They are a bit crispier after that and warm like fresh from the oven. I usually cool them down a little bit after the toaster but I like to have the crust a bit crispier as well. :)
Thank you so much for watching and following along! I heard about the toaster too and I tried it with these ones and it worked. I was also thinking to put a little less of the porridge in before baking. Do you make these? I know how easy it is to buy them at the grocery store. That was such a nice surprise when I came to Finland for the first time in decades a few years back 😀I want to try making the potato ones next time.
@@AnneliSchmidt Or if you have someone at hand who likes to do woodworking you might ask them to make you one. Piirakkapulikka is a perfect, almost entry-level woodturning job.
What do you think? Do you have a recipe that you love but are too nervous to attempt? These are a Finnish staple, but growing up, we only ate them on special occasions. Do you have a similar recipe?
Yes, arancine from Sicily. I want to make them vegan:
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Your karjalanpiirakat looks perfect. My friend always choose the most browned ones when buying at the grocery store.
Thank you! I thought they turned out really good for my first try. Plus they were not difficult to make so I don't know what took me so long!
Found your channel couple of days ago and of course as a finn I've been intrigued about your videos on finnish things (finnish people are always interested what people outside think about us). We also have a tradition in our family to make carelian pies for bigger occasions. We made the crust with rolling pins with my grandmother and got her a "pasta machine" as birthday gift as her hands started getting weaker. The smooth roller on the machine is perfect for making the crust. Now we always use the machine and over the years have found the best settings to get the proper crust thickness. Looking forward to see more videos from you.
Thank you so much for watching my video! The pasta machine sounds like a great idea. I know what you mean about bigger occasions. That's when our mom made pulla! For us here in Canada it wasn't an everyday thing. All the Finnish items except for makaroonilaatikko were just something that was made on special occasions. I love sillisalaatti and I like to make it all year round, but that was a very Christmas thing for us here.
Your Karjalanpiirakat look tremendous! Happy to see you embracing your roots, melts my heart😊 Jatka samaan malliin 🎉
Thank you! Yes, I'm so happy I finally made them. They look intimidating to make, but they are actually quite easy! I love my Finnish food and really appreciate it when I get to visit in Finland and get to enjoy all my favourites.
Hello from Sydney, Australia. These looked great! I’ve made them half a dozen times over my many years and mine are never crisp. I need to practice more because my daughter and husband love them as much as I do. With egg butter of course!
So, you popped up onto my feed a few hours ago and I have watched about 10 of your vlogs now. Choosing ones about Finnish things you might have in your home; your holiday to Finland; what you grew up eating; and about 3 on dementia.
I’m the same age as you, but the youngest of 3, whose parents came from Finland to Australia. Both my parents were born in the south east in parts that now belong to Russia and had to move west when they were about 10 years old, and my mother cooked all that you mentioned growing up eating. They were country people but met in Helsinki when in their early 20’s. After my brother was born and before my sister was born they travelled to Australia on their own. So all my extended family remained in Finland.
I have visited 4 times: aged 9 with my mother, then while my parents were there on holidays but I was living in Japan, then the next two times were with my daughter. After I retire, I will go with my husband who has yet to visit.
I feel it’s important to keep that family connection, so they don’t forget us on the other side of the world. My daughter loves to learn all about it and while I never taught her or her brothers to speak Finnish, she recently started learning Finnish on Dual-lingo, and she’s doing okay. I am very proud of her. Shame my parents passed away in their 60’s and 70’s.
Hi @tiinah-b2326! Thank you so much for watching my videos! That means a lot to me. My dad's side of the family has been a mystery to us and we are slowly learning more. My dad's dad (our grandfather) died when my dad was only 7 years old. He had changed his surname before he married our grandmother. Only very recently did we find out possibly why he did that and who he really was. We thought my dad had no extended family. Turns out he did. But, he never knew them.
Also, we moved from Helsinki to Canada when I was 6 years old in 1971. At that time another family in our building moved to Australia. Years later we met her at a Finnish event. She had moved to Canada too with her family. We were all much older, but I remembered her slightly. Crazy that long ago neighbours would tavel the world and decades later meet in a far away country!
I think there are many Finns in Australia.
I didn't teach my kids Finnish either which I'm sad about too. But, I really want to take them for a visit soon too as they have never been. I have brought my husband there and we enjoyed our time there. But, my favourite thing to do is go with my sisters 😀.
Thanks again for watching. Is there anything in particular videos that you would like to see more of?
@@AnneliSchmidt yes, I grew up in a very Finnish community! I don’t mean that they lived in one particular area but that my parents made many Finnish friends and we went to Finnish events. Even my husband attended a couple when we met, but then it wasn’t something I continued with as I become independent. Perhaps I should have.
At aged 22 my brother decided to go to Finland to do his national service there even though he didn’t have to. It’s great that he did as that really reconnected him to the country and the families.
My sister has yet to visit Finland, but her partner is very interested so hopefully they can one day soon. As do I hope my brother can revisit with his partner as it’s been so long ago now for him.
Australia is so far and not many have travelled from Finland to visit us. One uncle and one cousin on my father’s side, and one aunt and her son twice on my mother’s side. We had such wonderful holidays showing them around. I have wished others could come.
Are you and your sisters involved in any Finnish community events in Canada? Perhaps that is something you could share here on your channel.
My daughter and I enjoy looking for Finnish ware in second hand shops and markets? That could be something you could film if you have those opportunities near you. Time permitting of course as you are still working. Sydney being a big city means these opportunities are in abundance. But I have noticed in recent years the price on them has gone up so much, so it’s just nice to look and talk about them.
I can’t really think of any other ideas, but will enjoy watching.
Good luck with your search. That interests me very much.
I know what you mean that it's not very often you see extended family when you live in another far away country. We were lucky that our mummo came to visit yearly. I cherish those memories with her. My sister's do go to Finnish events around here. The Scandinavian centre here has a midsummer's festival and all the Scandinavian and Nordic countries are represented. Also, at Christmas time we go to the Finnish Christmas market. The Finnish Lutheran church does events also and we try to go to those. Mostly it's to by the baking that they have for sale 😁 My niece is really into thrifting and often finds Finnish items and will buy them. Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions for video ideas! Kiitos!
Greetings from Finland. Pies are looking delicious. I have a very old karelian pie recipe, it's some where from late 19th to very early 20th century and it uses barley groats porridge instead of rice, but it also mentions rice porridge as an option.
I have read that too about using barley. I may try that too one day. But, next I want to try the potato filling. Thanks for watching💕
Properly made double boiler would help a lot with simmering milk based porridge and other heat sensitive stuff. You need to only stir like once per 30min when making rice porridge. Also if you can get oat groats somewhere, I'd suggest to try it instead rice as standalone porridge. Much tastier than rice one.
Typically, I had made rice porrige using water and then adding cream (vegan milk as I am allergic to dairy) in the end. No problem with overboiling or burning of the bottom layer of the porrige. Definately not original way but easy way.
I also like to make extra riceporrige to eat day before, and make the rye dough according to amount of left over porrige. That way making karjalanpiirakka does not feel as overwhelming.
Thats pretty amazing. I grew up eating these all the time. My grandmom is from Karjala and she made them all the way until 96yo when she passed away. We ate them at her place when visiting and also she had them in the frige a lot and we always brought back some to eat at home.
I've baked them once with my grandmom as a kid. It wasn't a huge success but they were good anyways :)
For years I've been wanting to make them.. if you did maybe I will get into it as well! I even have my grandmoms old style rolling pin without the handles..
The potato ones became my absolute favorite in the later years.. as a kid I liked the rice ones more. But the finnish summer potato from my grandmoms garden was so so sweet inside the rye pie..
I remember my grandmom rolling the whole dough to like 0,5-1cm flat surface on the table and then using a cup or glass (5cm diameter) to make those dough pieces that you make into the pie. I guess it was pretty efficient way to do it and it was already a round shape to start rolling it into oval shape.
I think the oven had to be pretty high temperature to get crispier.. and also the amount of filling needed to be conserved so that it cooked properly without burning too much on the surface. But yeah I'm trying to remember something from decades ago :)
Thanks for the video..
What a geat memory! I don't know why I thought they were so complicated to make and held off making them for all these years.
I'm going to try the potato one's next, I'm sure I'll love them!
Great pointers about not over filling them and having the oven temperature high enough to make them crispy.
Yes, try making them yourself! I'll definitely be making them again soon.
Hi, a new follower here, greetings from Oulu! You mentioned that next time you'd make the Karjalanpiirakkas crispier...I have a suggestion, put them in the toaster for 2-3 minutes and then try. They are a bit crispier after that and warm like fresh from the oven. I usually cool them down a little bit after the toaster but I like to have the crust a bit crispier as well. :)
Thank you so much for watching and following along! I heard about the toaster too and I tried it with these ones and it worked. I was also thinking to put a little less of the porridge in before baking. Do you make these? I know how easy it is to buy them at the grocery store. That was such a nice surprise when I came to Finland for the first time in decades a few years back 😀I want to try making the potato ones next time.
I always roll the dough round. And the oven should be as hot as it gets.
I'll definitely do that next time! I don't know why I thought I had to shape them into ovals 😀
Osta pulikka suomesta kaulitsemiseen , niin saat tehtyä soikeita pohjia. Pohja pyörii kaulitessa hienosti alla.
Hyvä idea! Katson sellaisen seuraavan kerran kun olen Suomessa. Kiitos💕
@@AnneliSchmidt Or if you have someone at hand who likes to do woodworking you might ask them to make you one. Piirakkapulikka is a perfect, almost entry-level woodturning job.
you should make finnish chewing asmr
I never thought of that😁. Maybe not a chewing one, but a Finnish-cooking ASMR!!