Last updated: 20 May 2010

Buckwheat blini

Recipe by: Zoë Harpham | Photo by: ReadersDigest

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Prep: 1 hour 10 mins | Cook: 25 mins
Serves: 4

These little Russian pancakes have a deliciously distinctive flavour thanks to the buckwheat flour. Try them topped with a spoonful of your favourite dip.

Recipe provided by:

Readers Digest | Good Food For Less

Ingredients
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½ cup buckwheat flour

½ plain flour

pinch of salt

1 sachet dry yeast, about 7 g

1 cup low-fat milk, warmed

2 eggs, separated

knob of butter, for frying

TO SERVE:

sour cream and smoked salmon

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Preparation method

1.		Sift the flours with a good pinch of salt into a bowl. Add the yeast and the warm milk and beat with a balloon whisk until smooth. Stir the egg yolks into the batter. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rest for 1 hour, in a warm place away from draughts, until risen.

2.		When ready to cook, add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and whisk until they form slightly soft peaks. Stir the batter, then gently fold in the beaten egg whites.

3.		Heat a heavy-based frying pan over a moderate heat. Grease sparingly with butter, then pour in a small ladleful of the blini mixture and spread out until it is about 12 cm in diameter. Cook for 1½ minutes on each side.

4.		Place the cooked blini on a heated plate, cover and keep warm while you make the rest. Make seven more blini in the same way, using the rest of the mixture. Serve warm topped with sour cream and smoked salmon.

cook's tips

• Covered in plastic wrap, blini keep very well in the fridge. Reheat them in a low oven, wrapped in foil. You could also reheat them in a frying pan over a low heat, taking care not to overheat.
• If you are entertaining, splash out and serve the blini with crème fraîche and roe.

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Nutrition

Energy 834 kJ
Protein 11 g
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Carbohydrate 30 g
Fibre 2 g