Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)

Name: Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) cold milk; ⅓ teaspoon salt; 250–330 ml (1–1½ cups) barley flour

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.

serves 1

Ingredients

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

Steps

Preheat oven to 300°C (570°F), or as high as it will go.
Combine milk and salt, and add flour. Mix the ingredients well to make a dough.
Knead into a flat, round bread (about 0.5 cm / ¼ inch thick).
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.
Eat fresh with butter and cold milk.

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Adapted from “Maitorieska (Finnish Barley Flatbread)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.