#blinis

Blini

With horse radish cream, Serrano ham and red onion

I made blinis again after spending a day looking for the iron. I love love love it and the way it produces even and fluffy pancakes. We recently moved and nothing is where I think it is, and I guess I could have just used a griddle, but I really prefer them with this perfect shape :) I served it a small dinner party as the entree, but it's also great as a nibble or one of many small dishes.

Horse radish cream

Blend together:

2 raw pressed garlic 1 tsp grated horse radish 2 dl sour cream It's very nice as a condiment to a lot of meat dishes.

Here's the blini recipe: https://somewhatdelicious.tumblr.com/post/75667927074

This fluffy and light Chestnut Blinis pair wonderfully with all sorts of toppings from savoury Cured Salmon or fried eggs, to sweet honey or jam, making them ideal for a weekend brunch. Happy Sunday!

Ingredients (makes 8 large):

200 millilitres/3/4 cup semi-skimmed milk

70 grams/2.5 ounces plain flour

70 grams/2.5 ounces chestnut flour

2 1/5 teaspoons baking powder

2 large egg whites

a pinch of salt

2 tablespoons butter

Warm the milk in a small saucepan, over a low flame. 

In a medium bowl, combine plain flour, chestnut flour and baking powder. Give a good stir. Gradually stir in warm milk with a wooden spoon, until you have a smooth, lump-free batter. Cover with a tea towel, and set aside, half an hour.

In a medium bowl, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt, with an electric mixer, gradually increasing speed until stiff peaks just form.

Gently fold in beaten egg whites into the rested batter, until no white streak remains.

Melt one tablespoon of the butter in a large nonstick skillet  over medium-high heat. Spoon a good 1/3 cup of the batter on one side of the hot skillet, and another on the other side. When mixture starts bubbling flip blinis on the other side and cook, about 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter, melting remaining butter halfway through. Keep warm.

Spiced vegan blini with cucumber and fennel

Mildly spiced buckwheat blini topped with cucumber, fennel and yoghurt are just the thing with a glass of bubbles, and just in time for party season.