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Sweet Potato Blinis with Cured Salmon, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar

Recipe courtesy Tanya Holland

Show: Melting PotEpisode: Soul Kitchen - Elegant Meal Show

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (4)

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20 min
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Cook
27 min
Total:
47 min
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Ingredients

  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus 2 ounces
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 cup creme fraiche
  • 2 ounces caviar, your choice
  • 1/2 pound gravlax or other cured salmon, sliced thinly
  • Dill sprigs, for garnish

Directions

Place prepared sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, and cook until the potatoes are tender and can be mashed easily with a fork. Drain well and return to the saucepan. Add the honey and 4 tablespoons of the butter and mash until smooth. If possible, puree this mixture in food mill. In a small bowl, combine the milk and eggs and stir in the sweet potato puree. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and cayenne. Add the dry ingredients to the sweet potatoes and stir until just blended.

Melt the remaining butter and reserve. Heat non-stick skillets over medium-heat and coat with some of melted butter. Drop sweet potato mixture into skillets in 1 1/2-tablespoon amounts. Turn once, cooking until golden and crisp, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a large baking sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining butter and batter. The pancakes can stand at room temperature for 2 hours. Reheat in a 325 degree F. oven for 5 minutes before serving.

To serve, arrange 3 blinis on a plate and garnish each with a slice of cured salmon, a dollop of creme fraiche and a small spoonful of caviar.

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  • recipe Sweet Potato Blinis with Cured Salmon, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar
    LYNNE Austin, TX 11-14-2008

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    Versitile and incredible!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    We made a few changes to serve them as an appetizer for a party. We used already prepared sweet potatoes from the market ala... semi-homemade, added a small can of chopped green chiles and cumin to taste. This way it makes about 6 dozen 2 inch blinis. We also made large pancakes out of it, added a little maple syrup and topped it with a fried egg for dinner one night. Unbelievable flavors! That would be a great brunch dish. We will be making these a lot. They freeze beautifully also for later use.Read more
  • recipe Sweet Potato Blinis with Cured Salmon, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar
    Anonymous 11-28-2005

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    Absolutely delicious

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    Made this for a Thanksgiving dinner -- wanted to use traditional ingredients in an untraditional way. The combination is... fantastic -- pancakes are sweet and hot, and the fish is nice and salty. People gobbled them up. Would definitely make them again.Read more
  • recipe Sweet Potato Blinis with Cured Salmon, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar
    SUSAN New York, NY 03-21-2005

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    Absolutely delicious

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    Tried this recipe the other day for my birthday celebration. Had gotten gift of caviar from someone and wanted to make... blinis. Love sweet potato so voila. Made them 2 hours earlier and reheated so I could be with guests. Absolutely delicious. Put on creme fraidhe, nova salmon and caviar - everyone raved. Great sweet taste of blini offsetting salty fish.Read more
  • recipe Sweet Potato Blinis with Cured Salmon, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar
    KRISTI Chicago, IL 11-19-2004

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    yum!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    A great way to use up leftover mashed sweet potatoes! I added maple syrup and topped the blinis with some lingonberry... preserves. Yum!Read more
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