Smoked Salmon and Olive Blini
- Level: Easy
- Total: 30 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Cook: 15 min
- Yield: 32 blini
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.
