Homemade Blini with Caviar
The classic version of this luxurious dish, topped with sour cream and caviar. It really is worth making the blini yourself – try it and see....
- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- 80g buckwheat flour
- 50g plain flour
- 10g butter, melted, plus extra to cook the blini
- 2 ½g fresh yeast (approx. 1/10 of a cube)
- 125ml whole milk, gently warmed
- 2eggs, 1 separated into white and yolk
- 1Prisen salt
- 50g sturgeon caviar
- 200ml sour cream
- 2Zweige dill
Instructions
Step 1
Combine both flours in a mixing bowl.Step 2
In a separate small bowl, combine the melted butter and lukewarm milk. Add the yeast and mix to dissolve. Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and stir until smooth.Step 3
Crack in 1 egg and stir in the extra egg yolk. Mix gently to combine.Step 4
In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg white and salt until stiff peaks form. Use a spoon or spatula to gently mix the whisked egg white into the batter mixture. Cover and set aside to rest for 30 minutes.Step 5
Heat a thin film of melted butter a shallow pan and, using a large tablespoon, drop small amounts of batter into the pan to make small (5cm) blini. Gently cook the blini until bubbles form on the surface (about 2 minutes), then flip and cook on the other side. Repeat until the blini batter is used up (keep the cooked blini warm).Step 6
Serve the blini topped with a spoonful each of sour cream and caviar, garnish with dill and enjoy with champagne or iced vodka.