BLINI

Blini (pancakes) should be thin, they are prepared from batter and cooked on a hot frying pan.

Blini are traditional Russian food, which can be breakfast, lunch, supper or dinner, depending on filling or side dish.

Note: small, thick and puffy Blini are called Olad’ya, duff for them is made a bit differently and I certainly will share the recipe with you as soon as we master Blini in all their types.

So what you obligatory need to make Blini is Teflon frying pan and a lot of patience.

Ingredients (approx. for 10 blini)

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cups milk
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 0.5 teaspoon of Baking Powder.

Directions

• Put everything together in a big bowl or blender. Mix until it is smooth and well blended. The batter should be thin and runny.

• Heat the frying pan and grease with butter.

• Draw the batter with ladle and distribute into pan.

• When the edges look crisp and the center is dry, slide a spatula carefully under the blin. Flip, and cook for about 1 minute on the other side, or until lightly browned and look toasty.

• Remove blini to a plate one by one. Put a little butter on top of each blin, and continue to stack the blini on top of each other.

When Blini are ready, serve it with jam or meat sauces.

If you want to see my full Blini making video tutorial click here.