📋 Easy French Russian Blinis Recipe With Smoked Salmon

📋 Easy French Russian Blinis Recipe With Smoked Salmon

Russian pancakes, known as blinis or blini, are delightful little pancakes that make a delicious appetizer. Traditionally, these small, fluffy, and savory pancakes are served topped with gourmet products like caviar. They are very popular in France, often served with smoked salmon.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine French

Keyword blinis with smoked salmon, pancakes with smoked salmon, savoury pancakes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 367kcal

Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

For the blinis

1 ½ cup flour type 00 optional Pain multi-céréales
1 ¼ cup milk
1 fresh eggs
2 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoon light oil for griddle (safflower or canola oil)

For the aioli

1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
⅔ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoon lemon juice or white vinegar
1 clove peeled garlic cloves
salt & pepper
7 oz smoked salmon good quality
1 lemon zest

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Instructions

Make the blinis

Blend all the ingredients for the pancakes with an electrical blender.
1 ½ cup flour, 1 ¼ cup milk, 1 fresh eggs, 2 tablespoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 pinch salt
Put a heavy-based frying pan or an iron griddle over high/medium heat and wait until it is warm before cooking the pancakes
Pour the oil or butter into a small cup and with the use of a brush grease lightly the pan
2 tablespoon light oil for griddle
Pour the batter over the hot griddle making pancakes 10 or 5 cm in diameter depending on your needs.
Once you see bubbles appearing through the batter, turn the pancakes on the other side.
When the pancakes are done and you removed them from the pan, brush the pan with oil again before pouring more pancakes to cook

Make the Aioli

All ingredients should be at room temperature
In a bowl whisk the egg with salt, pepper and the mustard.
1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Very slowly add the vegetable oil, in a thin but continuous flow.
⅔ cup vegetable oil
Add the lemon juice or the vinegar with the garlic at the end
2 teaspoon lemon juice or white vinegar, 1 clove peeled garlic cloves, salt & pepper
Keep in the fridge for 3 to 4 days

Assemble the Blinis

Arrange all the blinis on a serving tray
First, lay a slice of salmon then add a teaspoon of aioli
7 oz smoked salmon
Add a swirl of lemon zest or capers on top
1 lemon zest

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Notes

Before you start making the blinis, make sure all ingredients are at room temperature
Make smaller blinis if you want to serve them at a buffet
Before you cook the blinis, make sure the griddle is nicely hot
If you want to make Aioli with store-bought mayonnaise, just mix it with 1 or 2 minced garlic clove.

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