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Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking

Episode: Special Occasions: Easy and Elegant

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Total:: 30 min
Prep:: 15 min
Cook:: 15 min

Yield:: 32 blini

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1 cup buckwheat pancake and waffle mix
1 cup whole milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Nonstick vegetable cooking spray
6 ounces sliced smoked salmon or lox
3/4 cup kalamata olive spread
3/4 cup light sour cream
Fresh dill, chopped, for garnish
Chopped ripe black olives, for garnish

Directions

In a medium bowl, combine pancake mix, milk, egg, and oil until just blended. Set aside. Spray griddle with nonstick spray. Heat griddle over medium-low heat. Spoon several 1- tablespoon dollops of batter onto griddle. Cook for 2 minutes, or until bubbles appear around the edges, and then flip each blini over and cook for 1 more minute. Set aside.

Cut salmon or lox into 32 equal-size pieces. Place blini on a platter. Spread each blini with 1 tablespoon olive spread. Top with a piece of smoked salmon and then with 1 teaspoon sour cream. Sprinkle with dill and chopped black olives.

My Private Notes

Name: Smoked Salmon and Olive Blini
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H30M0.000S
Yield: 32 blini
Cuisine: european
Ingredients: 1 cup buckwheat pancake and waffle mix; 1 cup whole milk; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; Nonstick vegetable cooking spray; 6 ounces sliced smoked salmon or lox; 3/4 cup kalamata olive spread; 3/4 cup light sour cream; Fresh dill, chopped, for garnish; Chopped ripe black olives, for garnish