Mini blinis with caviar

Name: Mini blinis with caviar
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Ingredients: sprigs of fresh dill or chervil, to garnish; sprigs of fresh dill or chervil, to garnish; caviar or lumpfish roe, to garnish; caviar or lumpfish roe, to garnish; 2 teaspoons sugar; 70 g (2¼ oz) plain flour; 10 g (¼ oz) fresh yeast or 5 g (⅛ oz) dried yeast; 155 ml (5 fl oz) milk, lukewarm; 40 g (1¼ oz) butter, melted but cooled; sour cream, to garnish; 50 g (1¾ oz) buckwheat flour; 2 eggs, separted; 10 g (¼ oz) fresh yeast or 5 g (⅛ oz) dried yeast

Preparation info

Makes
40–45

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

Finger Food

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Brightly coloured and extremely appetising, these small pancakes topped with sour cream and caviar or roe are bound to disappear very quickly.

Ingredients

10 g (¼ oz) fresh yeast or 5 g (⅛ o

Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk, then mix in the sugar, flours, egg yolks and a large pinch of salt. Cover and set aside to rest for 30 minutes in a warm place. After resting, the batter should be foamy and thick. Mix in the melted butter.
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the batter.
Over medium