Ingredients
- 1 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted and separated
- 1 teaspoon chives, finely diced
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup creme fraiche
- 1-ounce caviar of your choice
Directions
In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine flour, egg, milk, 1 tablespoon butter, chives, and salt. Whisk just until ingredients come together. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 1 hour. Set a medium nonstick pan over low heat and brush with melted butter. Pour approximately 1 teaspoon of the batter into the pan, and repeat leaving some space between pancakes. When bubbles appear on the surface of the pancakes (about 1 to 2 minutes), flip them over with a spatula. Continue cooking for 1 minute more or until the pancakes are golden brown on both sides.
Serve with a tiny dollop of creme fraiche and an even tinier dollop of the caviar of your choice (paddle fish, hackleback, golden whitefish and tobiko all work well.)
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By mnix21
on January 21, 2011
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This recipe should be removed from Food Network. I followed this recipe exactly and the blini's ended up looking like dark, brown rocks and tasting exactly like warm dirt. Good thing I didn't waste the creme fraiche and caviar I have prepared on these things. My guess is that buckwheat is the culprit here, but I would not suggest anyone even attempt making this. You will not enjoy it.
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