Blini With Smoked Salmon And Sour Cream Dressing

Recipe Ingredients

		Blini
1 1/2 cups	355ml	2% milk
4 tablespoons	60ml	Unsalted butter
1		Active dry yeast
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Buckwheat flour
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Flour
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt
2		Eggs
4 tablespoons	60ml	Butter - divided
		= SMOKED SALMON AND SOUR CREAM DRESSING =
1 cup	237ml	Flaked smoked salmon
3 tablespoons	45ml	Freshly-squeezed orange juice
1 tablespoon	15ml	Finely-grated orange peel
1 cup	237ml	Sour cream
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Chopped celery
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped green onion
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped fresh dill or parsley

Recipe Instructions

To prepare Blini (buckwheat pancakes): Combine milk and butter in a microwave-safe bowl; microwave on High in 1-minute increments until butter is melted, stirring between each minute. Cool to warm (110 degrees).

Sprinkle yeast over surface of milk and let stand about 5 minutes to dissolve yeast. In separate mixing bowl, combine flours, sugar and salt. Pour milk mixture over dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place for about an hour or until the mixture is bubbly and has expanded by about a third. (At this point, resulting batter can be refrigerated overnight and recipe completed the following day.)

Add eggs to batter, stirring to deflate bubbles made by yeast. Heat heavy skillet over high heat; reduce heat to medium-high.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet; drop small spoonfuls of batter to form small pancakes into skillet. Cook until the edges look a bit dry and small bubbles form at the surface of the pancakes. Flip to cook other side; remove from skillet when second side is browned. Stack on wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining batter until done.

To prepare Smoked Salmon and Sour Cream Dressing: In a small bowl, combine salmon, orange juice and peel; set aside.

In separate bowl, combine sour cream, celery, green onion, salt and pepper; set aside.

To assemble: Top each blini (pancake) with a dollop of sour cream dressing; place about a tablespoon of salmon mixture on top of dressing and sprinkle with dill and additional pepper if desired.

Repeat with remaining ingredients. Arrange on serving platter garnished with extra dill sprigs. Serve warm or at room temperature.

This recipe yields 30 blini.

Source:
Breakfast Recipes at http://www.cooksrecipes.com

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