Egg butter (, , ) is a mixture of butter and chopped
hard boiled eggs. It is a well known spread in
Finnish cuisine
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and ''haute cuisine'' with contemporary continental-style cooking. Fish (food), Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finl ...
and
Estonian cuisine
Traditional Estonian cuisine has substantially been based on meat and potatoes, and on Fish (food), fish in coastal and lakeside areas. However, it now shows influences from a variety of international cuisines and ingredients, with a number of co ...
.
In Finland, egg butter is typically spread over hot
Karelian pasties. In Estonia, egg butter and ''leib'' (dark rye bread) are traditionally included in the
Easter Sunday
Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek language, Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, de ...
meal.
[Kärne, Karin Annus (2005)]
''Estonian Tastes and Traditions''
pp. 13 and 204. Hippocrene Books
Hippocrene Books is an independent US publishing press located at 171 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY 10016. Hippocrene specializes in foreign language study guides, international cookbooks, and Polish-interest publishing.
The foreign lan ...
.
See also
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List of butter dishes
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List of pastries
pastry, Pastries 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 sweetness, sweet or Umami, savory ingredients.
The six basi ...
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List of spreads
This is a list of spreads. A Spread (food), spread is a food that is literally spread, generally with a knife, onto food items such as bread or Cracker (food), crackers. Spreads are added to food to enhance the flavour or texture of the food, whic ...
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References
External links
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Finnish cuisine
Karelian cuisine
Estonian cuisine
Egg dishes
Foods featuring butter
Spreads (food)
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