Karelian Border Snack · Rye Pasty
Kalitki
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The dough is deliberately left unleavened and thin, so the pasty was traditionally judged by how well you could still see the potato filling shining through the open top.
Kalitki are small open-topped pasties made from thin rye dough, folded up around a filling of mashed potato, barley, or rice porridge, then baked until the edges crisp. They're a signature snack of Russian Karelia, brushed with melted butter and eaten warm by hand.
Why it's made this way: Kalitki come from the Finno-Karelian communities straddling the Russian-Finnish border northwest of St. Petersburg, where rye tolerated the short, cold growing season far better than wheat.
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