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Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)

Maitorieska (milk rieska, pronounced "RE-ehskuh") is a barley-based flatbread that is a local specialty and a very traditional food in the Ylivieska area of Finland.

Source and licence

"Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Maitorieska_(Finnish_Barley_Flatbread), revision 4513087), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Maitorieska_(Finnish_Barley_Flatbread)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

  • 250 ml (1 cup) cold milk
  • ⅓ teaspoon salt
  • 250–330 ml (1–1½ cups) barley flour

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 300°C (570°F), or as high as it will go.
  2. Combine milk and salt, and add flour. Mix the ingredients well to make a dough.
  3. Knead into a flat, round bread (about 0.5 cm / ¼ inch thick).
  4. Bake on an oven tray for about 10 minutes or until the surface gets some darker spots. Alternatively, fry it in a pan on the stove or on open fire.
  5. Eat fresh with butter and cold milk.