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Finnish mushroom pie (Sienipiirakka)

Tuija

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Cuisine

Finnish

Servings

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

This delicious mushroom pie is easy and quick to make. You can also change the fillings and bake another pie, for example these fillings are popular pies in Finland:

Ham and paprika
Spinach and feta cheese
Chanterelle mushrooms
Reindeer and onions
Smoked salmon and broccoli
Beetroot and goat cheese

Ingredients

Crust

½ cup / 1 stick / 100 g butter
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg

Filling

4 cups frozen mushrooms
1 leek
½ onion
2/3 cooking cream / heavy cream / creme fraiche
2 eggs
1 ½ cups emmental cheese, grated
1 teaspoon butter for frying
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon thyme, black pepper and oregano

Directions

Crust

Mix the flour and salt
Add softened butter and egg, mix
Let the dough cool in fridge while you prepare the filling

Filling

Chop the leek and onion
Fry the leek and onion
Add mushrooms to the frying pan, fry until mushrooms don’t produce more liquid
Add salt and other spices, take the pan off the heat
Add eggs and cream, mix

To the oven

Spread the dough to a baking pan e.g. round shaped pan, approx 10 inch / 26 cm, with your hands
Add the filling
Add grated cheese on top (optional)
Bake in 400 °F for 20-25 minutes until the filling is solid and pie is light brown

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Finnish Mushroom Pie

Name: Finnish mushroom pie (Sienipiirakka)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: ½ cup / 1 stick / 100 g butter; 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 egg; 4 cups frozen mushrooms; 1 leek; ½ onion; 2/3 cooking cream / heavy cream / creme fraiche; 2 eggs; 1 ½ cups emmental cheese, grated; 1 teaspoon butter for frying; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon thyme, black pepper and oregano

April 10, 2024

Finnish Mushroom Pie - Feels like Finland

Finns use a lot of mushrooms and many enjoy mushroom picking, so delicious mushroom pies are very popular vegetarian option. This crust works well for other pies as well, and there is no need to pre-bake the crust!

The Finnish forests have a lot of variety in mushrooms and many are excellent food. My favorite ones are normal yellow chantarelles and darker funnel chanterelles (wikipedia link), which can be picked until the snow arrives. Mushroom picking is great fun, once you find a few, you can find hundreds!

For this recipe you can use naturally also fresh mushrooms.

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