Potato blini with caviar is a classic Russian dish that is perfect for any special occasion. Blinis are small, pancake-like rounds made from a batter of buckwheat flour, potato flour, and yeast. They are typically served with a variety of toppings, such as caviar, smoked salmon, and sour cream. Caviar is a luxurious delicacy that is made from the roe of sturgeon fish. It is known for its rich, buttery flavor and its high price tag. When combined with blinis, caviar creates a dish that is both delicious and elegant.
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Recipe Courtesy of Cooking.com. Tiny pancakes known as blinis are the traditional accompaniment to caviar. These potato blinis are more delicate than the traditional buckwheat ones. Nutrition Facts Serves 4 Facts per Serving Calories: 369 Fat, Total: 23g Carbohydrates, Total: 33g Cholesterol: 247mg Sodium: 172mg Protein: 12g Fiber: 3g % Cal. from Fat: 56% % Cal. from Carbs: 36% Cooking.com Tip: When serving caviar use an ivory or horn spoon. These spoons are made of non-reactive materials which will not affect the flavor of the caviar. Our horn spoon set comes with a knife for spreading butter and an elongated spoon for scooping the caviar. Product Recommendation OXO 11.25-in. Good Grips Potato Ricer, Stainless Steel
Provided by By FoodChannel Editor | March 4, 2008 4:50 pm
Yield -
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1 Boil the potatoes in their skins until soft. Cool and remove the skins. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher or puree through a ricer. (Do not puree in the food processor.) 2 Beat the flour, cornstarch, eggs, yolk and milk into potatoes with a wooden spoon. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne. The mixture should be highly seasoned. 3 Heat half the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium flame. Drop spoonfuls of batter into the pan to form 2 inch pancakes. Fry the pancakes until golden brown, about 30 seconds per side. Add butter as necessary and drain the pancakes on paper towels. 4 Place a small dollop of creme fraiche on top of each pancake and top with a spoonful of caviar.
SWEET POTATO BLINIS WITH CURED SALMON, CREME FRAICHE, AND CAVIAR
Steps:
- Place prepared sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, and cook until the potatoes are tender and can be mashed easily with a fork. Drain well and return to the saucepan. Add the honey and 4 tablespoons of the butter and mash until smooth. If possible, puree this mixture in food mill. In a small bowl, combine the milk and eggs and stir in the sweet potato puree. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and cayenne. Add the dry ingredients to the sweet potatoes and stir until just blended.
- Melt the remaining butter and reserve. Heat non-stick skillets over medium-heat and coat with some of melted butter. Drop sweet potato mixture into skillets in 1 1/2-tablespoon amounts. Turn once, cooking until golden and crisp, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a large baking sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining butter and batter. The pancakes can stand at room temperature for 2 hours. Reheat in a 325 degree F. oven for 5 minutes before serving.
- To serve, arrange 3 blinis on a plate and garnish each with a slice of cured salmon, a dollop of creme fraiche and a small spoonful of caviar.
POTATO BLINI WITH CAVIAR
Steps:
- Heat oven to 200 degrees F.
- Stir together mashed potatoes, 1 teaspoon horseradish and flour; set aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Make blini by dropping 1 tablespoonful of potato mixture into pan. Cook 2 to 4 minutes per side or until golden brown. Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Keep warm in the oven. Repeat with remaining potato mixture.
- In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, remaining horseradish, and dill.
- Serve blini by topping each with 1 1/2 teaspoons sour cream mixture. Garnish with caviar.
POTATO BLINIS
These potato blinis are inspired by a Thomas Keller recipe. They're the ideal base for caviar.
Provided by Claire Saffitz
Categories Bon Appétit Pancake Potato Sour Cream Hors D'Oeuvre Appetizer New Year's Eve
Yield Makes about 30
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Prick potatoes all over with a fork and bake on a rimmed baking sheet until very tender and a knife slides easily through flesh, 60-70 minutes. Let cool slightly. Reduce oven temperature to 200°F.
- Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks, egg, and sour cream in a medium bowl to combine; set sour cream mixture aside.
- Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop flesh from skins; discard skins. Pass flesh through food mill or ricer fitted with the small-hole disk into a large bowl. Working quickly, sprinkle flour, salt, pepper, baking soda, and nutmeg over potatoes; toss lightly with a fork to distribute ingredients, fluff potatoes, and break up any clumps. Make a well in the center and pour in reserved sour cream mixture. Whisk in a circular motion, working from the center out to incorporate, just until smooth (it should look like a thick pancake batter). Cover; let sit 10 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet, preferably nonstick or cast iron, over medium-low. Brush skillet with a thin layer of butter. Spoon scant tablespoonfuls of batter into skillet, spacing about 1" apart. Cook blinis until undersides are golden brown and surfaces look matte and bubbles form on top, about 90 seconds. Gently flip and cook until other sides are golden brown, about 1 minute. Transfer to a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet and keep warm until ready to serve (up to 1 hour before). Repeat with remaining batter, wiping out skillet between batches and brushing with more butter.
BLINI WITH CAVIAR
These traditional Russian pancakes are best with authentic garnishes: a dab of creme fraiche and a spoonful of caviar.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Time 1h40m
Yield Makes about 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Sprinkle yeast over water. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir together flour and 1/2 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt. Stir together buttermilk, butter, sugar, and egg yolks in a large bowl; whisk in yeast mixture, then flour mixture. Let stand, covered, in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, and coat with a thin layer of butter. Add a scant tablespoon batter for each blin (about 6 or 7 per skillet), and cook, flipping after bubbles appear at edges and color turns golden, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a parchment-lined tray, andlet cool for 30 minutes. Garnish with creme fraiche and caviar.
YUKON GOLD POTATO BLINI WITH EGGPLANT CAVIAR
Impress dinner guests with this elegant potato blini appetizer from chef Thomas Keller's "The French Laundry Cookbook."
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Yield Makes about 3 dozen small blini
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place potatoes in a medium saucepan and add enough cold water to cover by at least 2 inches. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to a simmer and simmer until potatoes are tender and easily pierced with the tip of a knife.
- Drain and peel warm potatoes; press through a very fine mesh sieve. Immediately weigh out 9 ounces pureed potatoes and transfer to a medium bowl. Working quickly, whisk in flour and 2 tablespoons creme fraiche. Add 1 egg, whisking until batter is smooth. Add second egg, whisking until batter is smooth. Finally add the yolk; whisk until batter is smooth and well combined.
- Hold the whisk with some of the batter over the bowl. The batter should fall in a thick stream but hold its shape when it hits the batter in the bowl. If it is too thick, add a little more creme fraiche. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat an electric griddle to 350 degrees or a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Working in batches and wiping griddle with a paper towel between each batch, spoon 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons batter onto griddle or skillet for each pancake. Cook until bottoms are browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn and cook on second side until evenly browned with a small ring of white around the edges, about 1 minute. Transfer to a small baking sheet and keep warm. Serve immediately topped as desired.
BLINI WITH SOUR CREAM AND CAVIAR
Categories Dairy Fish Appetizer Cocktail Party Quick & Easy Fall Winter Sour Cream Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 36 hors d'oeuvres
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Stir together warm water, yeast, and sugar in a bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)
- Add all-purpose flour, buckwheat flour, and salt, then stir in milk, 3 tablespoons butter, and eggs. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set in a roasting pan filled with 1 inch of warm water. Let rise in a warm place until dough is increased in volume, has bubbles breaking the surface, and is stringy when scooped, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Stir batter before using.
- Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot and brush with some of remaining melted butter (if butter browns immediately, lower heat). Working in batches of 4, spoon 1 tablespoon batter into skillet for each blin, then cook, turning over once, until golden on both sides, about 2 minutes. Transfer to an ovenproof platter and keep blini warm in oven.
- Serve blini topped with sour cream and caviar.
BLINI WITH MUSHROOM CAVIAR
In Russian kitchens, mushroom caviar is made with cooked mushrooms and lots of sour cream. I use canned tomatoes in this version, and the result makes a savory topping for blini (and for latke, I found, as I tested the recipe during Chanukah). Make sure to finely chop the mushrooms.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories appetizer
Time 45m
Yield 12 blini toppings, four to six as a side dish
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot. Cook, stirring, until tender, three to five minutes. Add the mushrooms. Cook, stirring, until they begin to sweat, and add the garlic, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often over medium heat, for five minutes until the mushrooms are tender and fragrant. Add the tomatoes, and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, and taste and adjust the seasonings. There should be very little liquid in the pan. If there is, continue to simmer uncovered until most of the liquid has evaporated. Stir in the dill, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 85, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 4 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 245 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams
POTATO BLINIS - LITHUANIAN.
This is a Lithuanian recipe from my mother-in-law. She always uses some powdered sulphur, burned, to keep her potato mixture white, but I am too afraid to use it, so the last of my mixture always goes brown through oxidation. Don't worry though.... when cooked it reverts to it's proper 'whiteness'. As Lithuania is bordered by both Russia and Poland, Latvia and Belarus it's cuisine is influenced by them all, plus Germany, Estonia, Finland, and Scandinavia but it still manages to be different from them all.
Provided by iknitok
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 45m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Grate the potatoes on the star pattern of your grater, so it comes out looking like a sort of paste.
- Stir in the salt, then start making a well in the mix with a large spoon, removing as much water as possible.
- When you are fed up with this procedure, mix in the egg. At this stage you may want to add a spoonful of flour (plain) or cornflour, but try to resist as it alters the taste of the blini. A spoon of potato flour or starch would be better, but nothing at all is really necessary.
- Add oil and butter to a hot pan, put spoonsful of mixture - 1 spoon per blini - and cook until golden, turn and cook the other side until golden. Place on a platter, covered, in a warm oven to keep warm until the rest of the mixture is cooked.
- My mother-in-law has always served these with several side dishes of quartered tomatoes, sliced lengthwise cucumbers both fresh and pickled (Polski Ogorki), sour cream, caviar, as either an entree or a main, depending upon how many pounds of potatoes used and how keen you are.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients. This will make a big difference in the taste of your blini. Look for fresh, organic ingredients whenever possible.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing will make the blini tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Cook the blini over medium heat. This will help them cook evenly without burning.
- Serve the blini immediately. Blini are best when served hot and fresh.
- Garnish the blini with your favorite toppings. Some popular toppings include caviar, smoked salmon, sour cream, and chives.
Conclusion:
Potato blini with caviar is a delicious and elegant appetizer that is perfect for any special occasion. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a dish that is sure to impress your guests. So next time you're looking for a special appetizer, give potato blini with caviar a try.
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