Buckwheat Blini Recipe
- 1 cup buckwheat flour (5 ounces; 140g)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (2 1/2 ounces; 70g)
- 2 teaspoons (8g) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon (1g) baking soda
- 2 cups (475ml) buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs (110g), separated
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) vegetable oil, plus more for cooking
- Sour cream or creme fraiche, for serving
- Chilled caviar or smoked salmon, for serving
- Finely minced shallots, sliced chives, and/or chopped hard-boiled eggs, for serving (optional)
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 150u0b0F (65u0b0C) or its lowest possible setting. In a medium bowl, whisk together buckwheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, kosher salt, baking powder, and baking soda. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, melted butter, egg yolks, and vegetable oil. Add buttermilk mixture to bowl with dry ingredients and use a rubber spatula to stir until just combined.
- In a small bowl using a whisk, or using an electric mixer, whisk egg whites until they hold stiff peaks. Using a rubber spatula, carefully fold egg whites into batter until just combined.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes (or use an electric griddle set to 350u0b0F/177u0b0C). Add a small amount of vegetable oil to the skillet and spread with a paper towel until no visible oil remains. Using a spoon, place silver dollar pancake-sized circles of batter (about 2 1/2 inches in diameter) in the skillet. Cook until bubbles appear on the surface of the blini and bottom sides of blini are light golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Carefully flip blini and cook on second side until light golden brown and completely set, about 2 minutes longer. Wrap finished blini in a clean kitchen towel, place towel on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet, and transfer to oven to keep warm. Repeat blini-cooking process until all of the batter is used up.
- Serve blini with sour cream or creme fraiche, chilled caviar or smoked salmon, and traditional accompaniments, such as finely minced shallots, sliced chives, and chopped hard-boiled eggs.
buckwheat flour, allpurpose flour, sugar, kosher salt, baking powder, baking soda, buttermilk, unsalted butter, eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream, salmon, shallots
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2018/12/buckwheat-blini.html (may not work)