Blini with Smoked Salmon

Name: Blini with Smoked Salmon
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Eastern European, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 40 grams buckwheat flour; 58 milliliters creme fraiche or sour cream; 18 servings Fresh dill sprig, for garnish; 1 extra large egg; 83 grams all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 183 milliliters milk; 227 grams smoked salmon, thinly sliced; 113 grams (1 stick) unsalted butter, clarified, divided

Blini with Smoked Salmon takes approximately 35 minutes from beginning to end. This pescatarian recipe serves 18. This breakfast has 101 calories, 4g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up flour, buckwheat flour, salmon, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Eastern European cuisine.

Instructions

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Combine both flours, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, and 1 tablespoon of the clarified butter, then whisk into the flour mixture.

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Clarified Butter

Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Heat 1 tablespoon of the clarified butter in a medium saute pan and drop the batter into the hot skillet, 1 tablespoon at a time. Cook over medium-low heat until bubbles form on the top side of the blini, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook for 1 more minute, or until brown. Repeat with the remaining batter. (I clean the hot pan with a dry paper towel between batches.) Set aside.

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Clarified Butter

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

To serve, top the blini with a piece of smoked salmon.

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Smoked Salmon

Add a dollop of creme fraiche and a sprig of dill.

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Creme Fraiche

Dill

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Servings:

1teaspoons

baking powder 40grams

buckwheat flour 58milliliters

creme fraiche or sour cream 18servings

Fresh dill sprig, for garnish 1extra large

egg 83grams

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

kosher salt 183milliliters

milk 227grams

smoked salmon, thinly sliced 113grams

(1 stick) unsalted butter, clarified, divided

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for Blini. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "