Jeremiah Tower’s Blinis with Smoked Sturgeon and Caviar

Name: Jeremiah Tower’s Blinis with Smoked Sturgeon and Caviar
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 oz (75 g) flour, sifted; 8 fl oz (250 ml) milk; 1 lb (450 g) butter plus 2 tablespoons melted butter; 5 oz (150 g) yellow cornmeal; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 24 thin slices smoked sturgeon; 8 teaspoons black caviar; 8 tablespoons salmon caviar; 8 tablespoons soured cream

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's American Pie

By Keith Floyd

Published 1989

About

Another favourite from Stars Restaurant, a bit of unashamed luxury from Jeremiah Tower, one of San Francisco’s most innovative chefs. It follows his principle of buying only the best ingredients and treating them as simply as possible.

Ingredients

1 lb (450 g) butter plus 2 tablespoons melted butter

Americas
United States
Dinner
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

First clarify the 1 lb (450 g) butter. Melt it over a very low heat and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes. Skim the foam from the top, spoon off the clear, yellow, clarified butter and discard the