Egg butter (, , ) is a mixture of butter and chopped
hard boiled egg
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s. It is a well known spread in
Finnish cuisine and
Estonian cuisine
Traditional Estonian cuisine has substantially been based on meat and potatoes, and on fish in coastal and lakeside areas, but now bears influence from many other cuisines, including a variety of international foods and dishes, with a number of co ...
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In Finland, egg butter is typically spread over hot
Karelian pasties
Karelian pasties, Karelian pies or Karelian pirogs ( krl, kalittoja, singular ''kalitta''; Olonets Karelian: ''šipainiekku''; fi, karjalanpiirakat, singular ''karjalanpiirakka''; russian: карельский пирожок ''karelskiy pirozhok ...
. In Estonia, egg butter and ''leib'' (dark rye bread) are traditionally included in the
Easter Sunday
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel P ...
meal.
[Kärne, Karin Annus (2005)]
''Estonian Tastes and Traditions''
pp. 13 and 204. Hippocrene Books
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See also
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List of butter dishes
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List of pastries
This is a list of pastries, which are small buns made using a stiff dough enriched with fat. Some dishes, such as pies, are made of a pastry casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients.
There are fi ...
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List of spreads
This is a list of spreads. A spread is a food that is literally spread, generally with a knife, onto food items such as bread or crackers. Spreads are added to food to enhance the flavor or texture of the food, which may be considered bland with ...
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References
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Finnish cuisine
Estonian cuisine
Egg dishes
Foods featuring butter
Spreads (food)
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