Karelian pasties, karelian pies or karelian pirogs (karelian: kalittoja, singular kalitta; olonets karelian: šipainiekku; finnish: karjalanpiirakat, singular karjalanpiirakka; russian: карельский пирожок karelskiy pirozhok or калитка kalitka; swedish: karelska piroger) are traditional pasties or pirogs originating from the region of karelia. they are eaten throughout finland as well as in adjacent areas such as estonia and northern russia. the oldest traditional pasties usually had a rye crust, but the north karelian and ladoga karelian variants also contained wheat to improve the quality of the crust. the usual fillings were barley and talkkuna. in the 19th century, first potato, and the...

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